Religious Extremism

Islamism & Territorial Revisionism Are Drivers of Turkey's Geopolitical Project in Eurasia & National Brain Drain

October 09, 2020

Transnational Islamism and territorial revisionism are the main drivers of Turkey's geopolitical project for hegemony in Eurasia, leading to social repression and political-economic instability resulting in an estimated three quarters of young Turkish citizens expressing a preference to leave Turkey.
US Repatriates IS Foreign Fighters for Trial, Pushes European Allies to Follow Suit

October 09, 2020

The United States is addressing the "foreign fighter problem", repatriating for trial and prosecution an initial group of 27 individuals out of what is estimated to be hundreds of American citizens who fought as combatants for IS, urging its European allies to follow suit.
Competing Islamisms Will Shape Future Afghanistan

October 06, 2020

Competing Islamisms are at the core of peace negotiations between the warring government of Afghanistan and the Taliban militants, with the Taliban favoring Islamist policies on gender segregation and speech freedoms as well as sharia-compliant banking and finance, while the Afghan government favors a more hybrid political-economic and social system that integrates Islamic ideas with Western practices and institutions.
Pakistan Social Disintegration Follows Rising Anti-Shiite Sectarian Discourse & Mainstreaming of Jihadist Groups

October 06, 2020

Pakistan's social cohesion is showing signs of disintegration due to intensifying anti-Shiite discourse by the country's Sunni-majority religious and political elites, who are calling for an expansion of the country's blasphemy laws to target Shiites.
Taliban-Kabul Normalization Talks Raise Concerns About Media & Speech Freedoms in Afghanistan

September 30, 2020

Journalists and women's rights activist in Afghanistan are raising red flags about the potentially negative impacts on media and speech freedoms that may be consequent to the normalization talks between the Taliban and Kabul government officials, particularly given statements by the Islamist Taliban that speech, media, and gender rights will be subject to sharia law.
Turkey's Intelligence Agencies Expand Islamist Networks with Recruitment Programs in the West

September 30, 2020

Turkey's Intelligence Agency (MIT) is expanding the country's Islamist networks through recruitment and influence-building that targets Turkish and non-Turkish Muslims in Europe and the United States, using educational and scholarship programs, cultural diplomacy, travel opportunities, and a variety of youth-focused non-governmental organizations.
Al-Qaeda Has Global Reach Two Decades After 9/11

September 18, 2020

Two decades after the al-Qaeda led 9/11 terrorist attacks, the extremist Islamist organization has built a global network of jihadist groups whose aim is to destabilize states and are who are loyal to the global caliphate vision.
Iranian Regime Invests in Cultural Production Machinery to Propagate Islamist Revolution Across Generations

September 16, 2020

The Iranian regime has invested in vast cultural production machinery, including media tools, film and literature, to increase support for the Islamist revolution and nationalism.
United Front of Pakistan's Islamist Extremist Groups Endangers China's Belt Road Initiative

September 16, 2020

Islamist extremist groups operating in Pakistan have formed a united front that are using terror attacks to disrupt China's Belt Road Initiative projects in Pakistan as retaliation for China's repression of its Uighur Muslim population.
Turkey's Hagia Sophia Move Reveals Long Policy of Christian Cleansing and Neo-Ottoman Conquest Agenda in Europe, Asia, Africa

September 15, 2020

Turkey's Islamist regime's conversion of the World Heritage Museum of Hagia Sophia to a mosque reveals the century-long history of destruction of Christian sites and peoples in Turkey and sends a signal of Turkey's revisionist foreign policy for Europe, Asia, and Africa.