Religious Extremism

Islamo-Nationalism & State-Welfare Economy Sustain Turkey's Authoritarian Regime

April 26, 2022

According to the Maple Institute, deep-rooted popular support for Islamo-nationalism, combined with widespread state economic subsidies and handouts designed to curry private sector favor and buy off public opposition, are sustaining Turkey's authoritarian regime in the lead-up to national elections in the NATO member-state.
Turkey Inaugurates the Islamic Conquest Religious School at Hagia Sophia

April 19, 2022

Turkey's Islamist regime took another step towards restoring the Ottoman caliphate, with president's inauguration of an Islamic religious school at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Hagia Sophia Byzantine Christian Cathedral that was converted in 2020 to an active mosque, with the Ayasofya Fatih Madrassa (Conquest Religious School) as the latest step in the NATO member-state's declared policy of reviving the Ottoman imperial past and to abrogate the Turkey as a secular republic.
Turkey's Islamist Regime Moves to Criminalize Inter-Religious Dialogue

April 13, 2022

Turkey's Islamist regime is moving to criminalize inter-religous dialogue by linking Christians and Jews to the Gulenist movement that has been designated a terrorist organization by the government in Ankara, with Istanbul prosecutors charging that the country's religious minorities are fifth-columnists and enemies of the state who are complicit with the Islamic Gulenists, former allies of Turkey's ruling Islamist government.
Turkey Continues Promotion of Islamic Civilization

April 11, 2022

Turkey’s Islamist government has inaugurated a colossal Museum of Islamic Civilizations as part of the country’s largest mosque complex, located in Istanbul, as part of the country’s branding as the global wellspring and leader of 1400 years of Islamic history.
Pakistan’s Patronage of Taliban & Support for Islamist Extremism

April 08, 2022

Nuclear Pakistan is a primary patron of the Islamist extremist Taliban regime in Afghanistan, with Pakistan-India strategic enmity driving Islamabad’s military and intelligence for the Taliban and a shared Islamist extremist ideology linking Pakistan’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani network and the Taliban.
Blasphemy Conviction of Nigerian Atheist Reveals Conditions Under Islamist Rule

April 08, 2022

A court in the Islamist-governed region of northern Nigeria handed down a 24-year prison sentence for the crime of blasphemy to an atheist who publically criticized religion, citiing the Facebooker's posts as a violation of Islamic blasphemy law that prevents criticism of Islam, and the trial has spotlighted the freedom of speech and religion violations imposed under Islamic governance.
Bari Arrests Underscore Transnational Links Between Albanians in Italy and Islamic State

April 08, 2022

Italian police noted that the arrest of four Albanian citizens in Italy's southern port city of Baria pointed to transnational links between the Islamic community of Bari and the Islamic State (IS), given that the arrests uncovered pro-IS videos and other terrorist propaganda, as well as fundraising evidence connecting the local community to an pro-IS imam currently imprisoned in Albania.
Taliban Islamist Regime Renegs on Education for Afghan Girls

April 04, 2022

The Taliban Islamist regime ruling Afghanistan reneged on its public commitment to lift the ban on education for girls aged 12-18 in the South Asian country beginning in March 2022, turning back thousands of girls from school sites and continuing the general crackdown on women‘s rights that has come with the implantation of a draconian sharia regime condemned by international human rights groups.
Hezbollah's Operational Footprint in Western Hemisphere Includes Commercial, Criminal, and Ideological Dimensions

April 04, 2022

Iran-supported, Shiite extremist group Hezbollah has developed a solid footprint in the Western Hemisphere, based on the extensive commercial, criminal, and ideological networks led by Hezbollah affiliate Islamic Jihad Organization, with transnational reach across multiple Latin American countries.
IS Social Media Platforms Use Crowd-Funding & Radicalization Strategy for Jihadists in Syrian Prison Facilities

March 29, 2022

IS social media platforms have become active crowd-funders and radicalization spaces focused on brokering the release of IS-linked women, children, and male fighters currently held in prison facilities in northern Syria, with the "breaking the walls" strategy designed to sustain radicalization and associated fundraising for smuggling the IS families from imprisonment.