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Algeria: Scholar's Conviction without Trial for Blasphemy
May 04, 2021
Amnesty International reports that hardline Islamist influences in Algeria were underscored by a conviction and three-year prison sentence, without trial, of a well-known Islamic scholar, charged with blaspheming against Islam's prophet Mohammed because of Facebook posts exploring pluralism in religious practice and interpretations.
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Boko Haram’s Advance Puts Nigeria’s Capital at Risk
May 04, 2021
Nigeria’s jihadist group Boko Haram has captured a key city in the country’s Middle Belt Region, hoisting the group’s flag and taking local women as hostages, with this most recent advance in territorial control by Boko Haram fighters putting the capital of the oil-rich West African country at risk of Islamist siege and capture.
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New French Legislation based on Jihadist Website Activity
May 03, 2021
France’s Parliament has introduced counter-terrorism legislation to allow for algorithmic analysis of jihadist platforms and social media apps due to the multi-year pattern of Islamist extremist terror attacks in France that have demonstrated that jihadist websites are significant for predicting radicalization-recruitment and operational activities.
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Saudi Drug Seizure Reveals Hezbollah’s Narcoterror Capacity
May 03, 2021
Evidence of Hezbollah’s narcoterrorism global network was highlighed by the recent seizures of produce shipments in major ports in Saudi Arabia from Lebanon containing Captagon amphetamine capsules, similar to those reported by European and a South American security authorities, revealing the group’s use of narcotics trade to finance international jihadism.
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German Governing Bloc Aims to Counter Spread of Political Islamism
April 28, 2021
The conservative bloc in Germany's coalition government has proposed measures to limit the spread of Islamist extremist ideology and violence, including a termination of all state subsidies to German Islamic groups monitored by the country's intelligence authority, full transparency in foreign funding to mosque associations, and research into the misuse of religious freedom protections for domestic and foreign Islamist activism.
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