Religious Extremism

IRGC Focuses on Apocalyptic Islamist Indoctrination to Promote Globalized Jihadism

May 27, 2022

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) remains the top of the spear in Iran’s export of jihadism, and the IRGC leadership relies increasingly on political and religious indoctrination of recruits and their families according to Islamist apocalyptic principles that demand loyalty to globalizing the Islamic Revolution, at a time when the United States is considering removal of the IRGC from the designation as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO)
Current Islamist Threat Defined by Global Scope and Adaptive Resilience

May 26, 2022

The recent meeting in Morocco of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS took stock of the current structure and operations of the radical Islamist group as part of the multilateral coalition’s mission to degrade and defeat ISIS, concluding that the group remains a clear and present threat because of global scale and adaptive resiliency, with IS advantages for recruitment deriving from popular grievances.
Taliban Order Full Face Covering for Female TV Journalists

May 25, 2022

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan intensified its oppression of women under the sharia state by ordering that all female television journalists must wear a full face covering or face punishment for non-compliance, a move that expands the oppressive rulings of the Ministry for Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue, which has forbidden women to travel unaccompanied by a male relative and has banned Education for girls beyond the sixth grade.
Saudi Arabia: World’s Largest Exporter of Qurans

May 23, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s islamic theocracy remains the world’s largest exporter of Qurans, with the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an globally distributing English- and multi-language versions of the Aquarian that include anti-Semitic, and I-Christian polemics and investments to violent jihad, all of which stand in contrast to the current Jeddah regime’s efforts to band the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a moderating force in global Islamism in international relations and as a voice for common, inter-religious values.
Bangladesh’s Islamist Extremists Are Increasing use of Cyber Technologies

May 23, 2022

Bangladesh’s multi-generational, diverse community of Islamist extremist organizations has shifted purposefully towards the use of digital platforms and cyber technologies for recruitment, radicalization, and impact in winning hearts and minds in the South Asian country of 165 million people, targeting the 90 million internet users with this strategy reflecting broader, global trends by Islamists seeking to deploy technologies for purposes of propaganda and operations.
UK Prisons Fertile Space for Islamist Radicalization & Future Violence

May 11, 2022

According to extensive data and analysis provided by the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, the accelerated Islamization of United Kingdom (UK) prison culture is making British prisons a fertile ground for Islamist radicalization and terrorist attacks.
Politcal Islamist Groups Target America for Expanding Action

May 11, 2022

Political Islamist groups, especially thrive associated with the Muslim Brotherhood(MB) are targeting the United States as a crucial space for expanding engagement, with MB-affiliated and sympathizers taking advantage of free speech and participation protections in America to advance Islamist ideas, activism, and objectives.
Turkey’s Army Profiles Non-Muslim Officers in Islamization of NATO’s Second Largest Army

May 02, 2022

Religious discrimination under Turkey’s Islamist regime extends to the military, as NATO’s second largest standing army profiles the few non-Muslim army officers accepted for service by Ankara, consistent with the regime’s overall treatment I’d non-Muslim citizens as a fifth column accused of working with Western countries seems hostile by the ruling Islamist party.
UK Report on Terrorism in Prisons Highlights Islamist Radicalization Threats

April 28, 2022

The UK Ministry of Justice commissioned a special inquiry into the threat of Islamist radicalization in prisons, and the governments independent review of terrorism legislation reports that prisons have become radicalization and recruitment spaces for Islamist extremists, with structural problems compounded by the constraints on prison staff in discussing religion and, particularly, Islam in an environment where Islamist prison gangs wield power over inmates and guards.
Islamist Coalition Forms in Sudan to Expand Control in Government

April 27, 2022

A newly formed coalition of ten Islamist political groups in Sudan is aiming to augment their power in state institutions following the recent coup on the African country, with the “Broad Islamic Current” coalition including supporters of the Islamic State.