Religious Extremism

Turkish Islamists Attack DC Protesters

May 18, 2017

A mob supporting Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked and beat a group of peaceful demonstrators protesting against this week's visit by Turkey's Islamist President in the vicinity of the Turkish Embassy in Washington.
Saudis, Iran Seek to Export Islamism to West Africa

May 15, 2017

Senegal is becoming a prime target for penetration by the Islamic theocracies of Saudi Arabia and Iran, which are pumping money, educational infrastructure, and arms into West Africa, a key theater of competition to globalize Sunni and Shiite brands of Islamist radicalism and jihad.
Saudis Paid for Lobbying Against 9/11 Lawsuit Bill

May 15, 2017

US Justice Department filings reveal that Saudi Arabia's government contracted American lobbying firms to pay for opposition to legislation that would allow victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, whose perpetrators were mainly citizens of the Saudi Islamist theocracy, to sue Saudi Arabia in US courts.
Erdogan Uses Islamist Discourse in Condemnation of Israel

May 11, 2017

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used an Istanbul conference on the issue of Palestine and the status of Jerusalem as a platform for Islamist discourse, urging Muslims worldwide to visit Jerusalem to support the city as the capital of an independent Palestinian state and characterizing Israel as racist and discriminatory in its practices against Palestinian Muslims.
Moroccan King's Political Moves Spark Islamist Blowback

May 08, 2017

Rising sociopolitical tensions after recent moves by Morocco's King Mohammed VI to shift the balance of power within the country's mainstreamed Islamist party, the Justice and Development Party (PJD), suggest signs of blowback in the form of radicalization within the PJD and intensified activism by the banned, anti-monarchist Islamist movement, al-Adl wal-Ihsan (AWI).
Attack Demonstrates Global Impact of Saudi Islamist Investments

April 26, 2017

A perpetrator in the 2015 Islamist attack in San Bernadino was a graduate of one of Pakistan's fastest growing religious schools with branches across North America and Europe, controversial due to its funding stream and ideology linked to Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi Islamist jihadism.
New California Mosque Provokes Gender Controversy

April 26, 2017

A newly inaugurated, female-led mosque founded by a Christian convert from the University of California Berkeley's Start King School of Ministry has generated opposition to gender mixing from US Muslim groups such as the Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara, California.
Mob Attacks University Students Accused of Blasphemy Against Islam

April 19, 2017

A student mob in a Pakistani university attacked two students, one of whom died of injuries from lynching, after rumours began to spread that the deceased student had “allegedly published blasphemous content" on Facebook.
EP People’s Party Supports Ban on Full-face Veils

April 12, 2017

The Independent reports that the European Parliament’s (EP) largest political bloc, the European People’s Party, has adopted a resolution calling for an EU-wide ban on full-face veils, such as those worn by some Islamic women, “both for reasons of security and because seeing one another’s faces is an integral part of human interaction in Europe”.
German Minister Calls for EU "Hate Speech" Fines

April 05, 2017

AP reports that, as the German Government advanced legislation imposing fines of up to 50 million euros on social media platforms that do not rapidly remove what authorities determine is "hate speech" or fake news, German Justice Minister Heiko Maas argued that the EU must take up similar measures to make them effective.