Bin Laden's Legacy Flourishing in Commitments to Islamic Caliphate

May 24, 2021

Two decades since al-Qaeda's (AQ) 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, the legacy of Osama bin Laden's goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate with global reach has produced a durable, present threat, evidenced in the internationalization of the caliphate project endorsed by active AQ branches across multiple continents and regions, from Eurasia to Africa to the Americas.

Taliban Leader's Preparations for Islamic Rule in Afghanistan

May 19, 2021

The recently released audio message of the second in command of the Taliban focused on the need for religious scholars and teachers to develop a robust judiciary in Afghanistan, with emphasis on the religious courts as foundational to establishment of "the Islamic Emirate" of Afghanistan, in preparation for the U.S.'s withdrawal.

Turkey's Islamists Light Up Hagia Sophia in Ramadan Message

May 19, 2021

Turkey's Islamist government messaged the hegemony of Islamism with a lighted banner and Ramadan message that "there is no God but Allah," stretched across the famous Christian cathedral of Hagia Sophia that the Turkish state recently converted to a mosque. 

Islamist Internet Celebrations for Lag BaOmer Disaster in Israel

May 12, 2021

According to analysis by Washington, DC-based think tank Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI), jihadist groups has been using a full range of social media platforms and applications to celebrate the loss of life and casualties in Israel consequent to the crowd rush at the annual pilgrimage the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage holiday.

Changing Field of Islamist Parties in Pakistan

May 12, 2021

Pakistan's crowded field of Islamist parties has come to be dominated by the Tehrik Labaik Pakistan (TLP), a neo-fundamentalist party whose rapid rise to influence is built on uncompromising commitment to punitive application of Islamic blasphemy laws.

New French Legislation based on Jihadist Website Activity

May 03, 2021

France’s Parliament has introduced counter-terrorism legislation to allow for algorithmic analysis of jihadist platforms and social media apps due to the multi-year pattern of Islamist extremist terror attacks in France that have demonstrated that jihadist websites are significant for predicting radicalization-recruitment and operational activities.

German Governing Bloc Aims to Counter Spread of Political Islamism

April 28, 2021

The conservative bloc in Germany's coalition government has proposed measures to limit the spread of Islamist extremist ideology and violence, including a termination of all state subsidies to German Islamic groups monitored by the country's intelligence authority, full transparency in foreign funding to mosque associations, and research into the misuse of religious freedom protections for domestic and foreign Islamist activism.

Pakistan’s Islamists use Holocaust to Push Blasphemy Against Islam

Seth J. Frantzman

April 27, 2021

The Jerusalem Post reports that the recent anti-French protests across Pakistan by Islamist extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik, for what they condemn as blasphemy against Islam’s prophet Mohammed to justify last year’s murder of a French school teacher, is following a common trope whereby Islamist regimes and jihadist non-state groups use the Holocaust, equating their demand from Western countries to impose blasphemy laws against Islam with Holocaust denial laws, while simultaneously supporting Holocaust denial under Islamist regimes.

Government Negotiates with Islamist Militants in Pakistan

April 27, 2021

France24 reports that radical Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbai Pakistan (TLP), a designated terrorist organization, flexed its muscle over the past week of anti-French protests, forcing the Islamabad government to negotiate in its demands for retribution for the Charlie Hebdo magazine cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed, having held eleven police officers hostage.

Pakistan Blasphemy Case Against Christian Nurses Reiterates Targeted Use of Islamism

April 19, 2021

Two Christian nurses accused of blasphemy against Islam for their cleaning work in a hospital, have been arrested following bodily attack by an Islamist-party mob, the latest episode in Pakistan's sustained record of targeted and arbitrary deployment of Islamic blasphemy laws against the Southwest Asian country's religious minority citizens.