Violence and Security

Nigerian Teen Girls as Suicide Bombers Points to Expanded Recruitment by Boko Haram

November 26, 2014

Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group committed to establishing sharia law throughout Nigeria, appears to have expanded its recruitment to young women, evidenced in the recent suicide bombing attack by teen girls in an urban marketplace in the northeastern part of Nigeria.
UAE Stands by Terrorist Designations of U.S. and U.K. Islamist Groups

November 26, 2014

Evidencing the possibility of finding common ground with Middle East allies in the fight against global terrorism, the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) has reiterated its support of the U.S. Government's designation of the Council on American Relations (“CAIR”) and Britain's designation of Islamic Relief (“IR”) as terrorist groups that are supporting political Islamist ideology and secretly funding violent Islamism.
Jihadis Continue to Use Turkey as Safe Haven and Transit Point into Syria

November 26, 2014

The Lebanese satellite television network al-Mayadeen posted website footage this week showing Islamist militants crossing from Turkey into the fitting zones of Syria, corroborating the many local and international reports that Turkey is a safe haven for jihadis transiting to Syria and a supporter of violent Islamist activities in the Levant.
UN Outs Jihadi Groups on Kidnapping-Ransom Revenue Policy

November 26, 2014

The UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee has identified kidnapping-for-ransom as a core policy for generating multi-million-dollar revenue streams by violent Islamist extremist groups like al-Qaeda and The Islamic State (“IS”).
Islamist Extremist Recruitment Gains Traction in United States

November 26, 2014

The announcement by U.S. prosecutors of terrorism charges against two Somali-Americans alleged to be heading to Syria to fight with jihadi groups there suggests that radicalization and recruitment efforts by extremist Islamist groups may be gaining traction within the United States.
Tunisia Shows Worrying Signs of Islamist Youth Radicalization

November 26, 2014

Tunisian officials in the newly elected, democratic government are expressing concerns about an uptick in societal violence associated with the youth radicalizing activities of the country's Islamist party and foreign Islamist groups.
Jihadi Returnees to Europe May Be a Threat or a Resource

November 26, 2014

European governments are debating whether policies for citizens seeking to return from jihadi fronts in the Mideast should be treated as threats or resources in countering the domestic spread of extremist Islamism.
Islamic State a New Kind of Islamist Extremist Entity

November 26, 2014

In contrast to Islamist terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, The Islamic State’s (“IS”) model of jihad is premised on building the territorial, military, economic, and political structure of a state, in order to abet the sustained, worldwide spread of radical Islamism.
Islamist Radicalization a Growing Problem in Germany

November 26, 2014

Germany's Minister of the Interior announced that the country must develop new measures to staunch the domestic threat of Islamist radicalization evidenced in the 500-plus jihadists known to have left Germany to fight in Iraq and Syria.
Hamas Leadership in Gaza Critical of Islamist Extremism of IS

November 26, 2014

The Hamas leadership in Gaza has condemned the Islamist "religious" extremism of The Islamic State (“IS”), warning that IS efforts to penetrate Gaza from the Egyptian Sinai are unwelcome and will generate violence in the Palestinian territory.