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Swiss Courts Reduce Fine on IS Propagandist for “Change of Heart”
July 01, 2020
Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court reduced the sentencing for a man convicted of spreading IS propaganda on Facebook, concluding that his “change of heart” regarding violent Islamism warranted a second successive reduction in what was an initial jail sentence and monetary fine.
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IS-AQ Growing Islamist Civil War Makes West Africa a Killing Zone
July 01, 2020
The recent expansion of violent confrontations between Islamic State (“IS”) and al Qaeda (“AQ”) at the Mali-Burkina Faso border indicates the dangerous expansion of a growing Islamist civil war for hegemony over the entire African Sahel region.
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Pakistan PM Accuses U.S. of Making Osama bin Laden a Martyr
June 26, 2020
Pakistan’s Prime Minister responded to a recent U.S. State Department report critical of religious freedom conditions in the South Asian country by condemning the United States for its operation against the Pakistani hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, describing the Islamist terrorist’s death as “martyrdom.”
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Pakistan Convicts Four Islamist Terrorists on Financing Charges Linked to Mumbai Attack
June 23, 2020
A special counterterrorism court in Pakistan sentenced four members of the outlawed Islamist extremist organization Lashar-e-Taiba (LeT) on charges of financing linked to the 2008 high-casualty terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.
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Despite Tensions, AQ-IS Alliance Remains on Course for Jihadist Goals in Afghanistan
June 21, 2020
Despite tensions in the balance of power and methods for establishing sharia law across South Asia, the Af-Pak (Afghanistan-Pakistan) alliance between the two Islamist extremist organizations of Al-Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS) remains stable and durable.
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UK Teen Charged With Islamist Terror Plot
June 21, 2020
A teenage minor in England's southern county of Hampshire has been charged with plotting an Islamist terrorist attack in the United Kingdom (UK), and Counter Terrorism Policing authorities noted that the 14-year-old will be arraigned under the UK's Counter Terrorism Act.
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Civilian Casualties Rise in Al-Qaeda versus IS Competition in African Sahel
June 17, 2020
The intensifying, violent competition across the African Sahel region between local al-Qaeda and IS branches is generating growing numbers of civilian casualties
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Unknown Fate of Imprisoned Saudi Princess Underscores Regime's Denial of Women's Basic Human Rights
June 17, 2020
The unknown whereabouts and health condition of a senior female member of the Saudi royal family imprisoned by the authorities last March reminds that the Islamic theocracy’s current ruling regime continues to reject the basic political, social, and economic rights of women.
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UN and US Sources Confirm Resurgent IS in Core Mideast Territories and Africa
June 15, 2020
United Nations (UN) reporting and U.S. security sources concur that IS is demonstrating remarkable resilience in renewed operations in its core territories of Iraq and Syria, as well as robust franchise expansion into Africa.
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Boko Haram and ISWAP Massacre 81 Civilians in Ongoing Jihadist Operation in West Africa
June 15, 2020
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out a high-casualty attack against a village in northeast Nigeria, killing 81 men, women, and children in ongoing jihadist operations aimed at imposing sharia law across West Africa.
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