Religious Extremism

Taliban in Afghanistan Imposing Islamist Limitations on Women's Rights to Work

August 13, 2021

The Taliban’s territorial gains across Afganistan have already had deleterious effects on women's rights to work, as militants have ordered men to permanently replace female bankers in the country's second largest city, justifying that imposing a fundamentalist sharia system means there will be « no problems ».
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Jihadi Groups Backed by Turkey’s Islamist Regime

August 11, 2021

According to The Foundation For Defense of Democracies, the U.S.Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions against a Syrian jihadist group linked to Turkey’s Islamist regime, taking action against both the Islamist extremist groups and the NATO member-state’s islamist regime that has created a permissive environment for militant operations that perpetrate human rights violations and war crimes.
Iran's Transnational Activities Include Silencing & Terminating Opponents

August 10, 2021

The Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security carries out its transnational malign activities under the auspices of Islamist hardliners from one of the country's major religious seminaries, with a panoply of operations including intelligence gathering, counter-intelligence gathering, and assassinations of regime opponents.
U.S. 8-Year-Old Girl’s Repatriation from IS Camp Highlights Damage by Jihadis

August 05, 2021

An eight-year-old girl whose American mother married and fought with an IS jihadi is in process of being repatriated to the United States, but the legal complications, including guardianship for the girl now orphaned, as well as the social-psychological trauma, are indicative of the broader problems associated with repatriation of IS children of foreign fighters, including those from Western nations.
Afghanistan’s Resurgent Taliban Highlights Iran’s Globalized Islamist Approach

August 02, 2021

The resurgence of the Sunni Islamist Taliban aiming to seize control of the country from the government in Kabul and targeting the Afghanistan’s Shiite Hazara minority has Iran’s regime contemplating the scope of support for its Shiite proxy militants from Syria to Pakistan to Afghanistan.
Turkey's Diyanet Spearheads International Islamization Effort, With Field Office in DC

August 01, 2021

According to mefortum.org, Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) is increasing its international Islamization effort, which now includes within the United States, with the Diyanet Center of America Complex Headquarters, in Maryland, and 28 additional Diyanet centers across America promoting Turkey’s agenda of a Muslim Brotherhood-style Islamist regime.
UK Education Watchdog Cites Islamic Institute of Education for Breach of UK Equality Act

July 29, 2021

The United Kingdom's (UK) Office for Standards in Education, Childrens' Sercies and Skills (Ofsted) filed a report on inappropriate educational content incompatible with British values at the Islamic Institute of Education, citing the boy's boarding school for specific passages in a library book on "Islam and Homosexuality" calling for punishments for sexuality.
Indonesia Pushes Sharia-Compliant Policy Requirements in Social Security Sector

July 29, 2021

Indonesia's state social security agency is set to launch sharia-compliant services, as part of the implementation of the state's Islamic Economy Masterplan that aims to integrate Islamic banking and financial services and sharia analysis into all aspects of the economy of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
Taliban Expansion in Afghanistan Creates Geopolitical Shifts among Islamist Regimes

July 28, 2021

As the U.S. draws back forces, the Taliban is growing in Afganistan, creating geopolitical reconfigurations among key Islamist regimes in the Mideast, as historically hardline Islamist autocracies such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia distance themselves as they attempt to build on social and political reforms as well as economic and financial diversification.
Iran's Focus on Afghanistan Volatility Reflects Competing Islamist Geopolitics

July 27, 2021

According to Washingtonintitute.org, the political and military leadership of Iran's Islamic Republic has been active in diplomatic engagement with both the Taliban and the Afghan government, as well as making significant military deployments to the Iran-Afghan border, signaling a policy of increasing the possibility of a full Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.