Violence and Security

Indonesian Court Upholds Ban on Islamist Group

May 08, 2018

Indonesia's state court rejected the appeal by Hizb ut-Tahrir (HUT), a global Islamist organization with an estimated 10,000 members, to overturn last year’s government decision to ban the group on the grounds of threatening the country’s national unity.
Report Highlights Homegrown US Islamist Extremist Attacks

May 08, 2018

A report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) indicates that most Islamist terrorist attacks attempted inside the US over the last 15 years were perpetrated by lone-wolf, domestic extremists and proposes anti-radicalization policy remedies that combine diversity education, police anti-bias training, improved gun control, and mental health programs.
EC Proposes Code of Practice for Online "Disinformation"

May 07, 2018

The European Commission (EC) has proposed a Code of Practice for online platforms aimed at combating "disinformation" and is pushing for the establishment of an "independent network of fact-checkers," threatening internet companies with regulatory measures if they fail to take sufficient steps to limit online disinformation by the end of 2018.
Lack of Jihadi Attacks in Italy Belies Jihadi Presence

May 04, 2018

While Italy’s security services have prevented jihadi attacks in the country through deployment of security mechanisms honed in combating organized crime networks and a 1980s terrorist troupe, the arrest and deportation of Islamist militant suspects, and the time spent in Italy by violent Islamists targeting Western Europe, reveals the country's sizable jihadi presence.
IS Attacks Libya’s Electoral Commission

May 04, 2018

Islamic State (IS) militants perpetrated a lethal suicide bombing attack against Libya’s electoral commission headquarters, a move suggesting the resilience of IS sleeper cells aiming to destabilize the fractured country’s security environment and prevent national elections anticipated later this year.
Resilient IS Cells Attack Iraq in Election Run-up

May 04, 2018

Members of an Islamic State (IS) militant cell disguised as Iraqi Army soldiers launched a devastating attacking against an anti-IS tribe on the rural outskirts of Baghdad, signaling the resilience of the remaining extremist group’s cells in their capacity to carry out their commitment to destabilizing Iraq in the run-up to national elections in May.
Al-Shabaab Targeting Causes Teachers to Flee Kenya

May 04, 2018

Targeting by Somalia-based Islamist extremist group al-Shabaab has produced an exodus of non-Muslim teachers from Kenya, shuttering schools and creating opportunities for youth recruitment by the al-Qaeda-linked East African militants.
IS Turns Captured Syrian Soldier into Human Bomb

May 04, 2018

Islamic State (IS) propaganda channels have run a video of a captured Syrian soldier being executed as a human bomb launched from a building in the Yarmouk area on the outskirts of Damascus, where the Syrian military and the Islamist extremist group continue to fight for control.
Boko Haram Jihadists Hit Mosque, Market in Nigeria

May 04, 2018

Boko Haram jihadists demonstrated their resilience against the Nigerian state’s ongoing efforts to counter the Islamist extremist group with a high shock-value, high-casualty attack against two soft targets, a mosque and a marketplace, in the northeastern part of the country.
US Court Convicts NJ Man of IS Support

May 04, 2018

A US court convicted a Rutherford, New Jersey, man for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State (IS), with a sentence of 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release, based on information from a federal investigation revealing that the man had knowledge of IS attacks inside the US.