Violence and Security

Violence in Chad Highlights Africa's Vulnerability to Expanding Jihadism

August 11, 2021

A lethal ambush that killed 26 soldiers from Chad's military was attributed as the work of Nigeria-based Islamist extremist group Boko Haram which, along with the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), which belongs to an expanding ecosystem of jihadist groups with destabilizing influence across the African Continent.
Growing Influence of Islamist Extremists in Pakistan Drive Assaults Against Women

August 10, 2021

The growing influence of Islamist extremist civil society groups and political parties in Pakistan is fueling a sharp increase in incidences of femicide, domestic violence, and sexual assaults against women, with Islamist fundamentalist actors and institutions condoning what international organizations and domestic human rights groups characterize as an epidemic of gender-based violence.
Taliban Blitzkrieg Continues Toward Full Control of Afghanistan

August 10, 2021

Forces of the Islamist militant Taliban continued their weekend blitzkrieg across Afghanistan, capturing provincial capitals and terrorizing local populations as the group moves systematically to gain full control over the entire country.
UN Secretary General Warns of Clear and Present Threat of IS

August 05, 2021

The UN Secretary General issued a sobering report about the threat presented to global security by a resurgent, expansive Islamic State (IS), which has reconstituted itself in its core caliphate territory on the Iraq-Syria border and has spawned active franchises from Africa to South Asia and beyond, with strong recruitment and operational capacity.
Resurgent Taliban Lead to Regression in Women's Rights and Security

August 02, 2021

According to field researchers from US and Canadian universities, the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan is leading to a sharp regression in women's rights and security in the face of the Islamist militant group's implementation of hardline sharia-based practices, including full-body covering under the burqa, accompaniment by a male guardian for any movement in public, and restrictions on non-Islamic education.
Pakistan’s Religious Minorities Face Intensified Threats from Islamist Extremists

August 02, 2021

Aljazeera is reporting that Pakistan’s religious minority communities are facing increasing violence, economic intimidation, and social ostracism from one of the country’s most active Islamist extremist parties, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
German Foreign Intel Chief Raises Alert on Growing Strength of IS

July 27, 2021

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BND) is warning that the Islamic State (IS) is exponentially expanding its capacity for Islamist recruitment and radicalization and terrorist activities, based on a redesigned, decentralized command model.
IS Suicide Attack in Iraq Signals Continuing Resurgence in Caliphate Territories

July 27, 2021

France24 reports the Islamic State (IS) perpetrated a high-casualty suicide bombing in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad, with the Sunni jihadist group targeting Baghdad's majority-Shiite suburb of Sadr City during a Muslim holy period, in yet another sig of IS' resurgence in its core caliphate territory.
U.S. DoJ Charges Iranian Intel Agents in Abduction Plot Against American Citizen

July 21, 2021

The US department of Justice’s (DoJ) National Security Division has indicted four Iranian intelligence agents operating inside the United States for their plan to abduct a Brooklyn-based Iranian-American journalist critical of the human rights abuses of Iran’s Islamist regime.
Troop Withdrawals from Afghanistan & Africa Represent Victories for Global Islamism

July 19, 2021

According to opendemocracy.net, the U.S. and French withdrawal of peacekeeping and stabilization forces from Afghanistan and the African Sahel region, respectively, marks a serious defeat of Western militaries by Islamist extremist groups, including the Taliban, IS, and al-Qaeda.