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Islamist Extremists Turn US Capitol Protests Into Jihadi Mobilization Tool
January 13, 2021
Various Islamist extremist and terror groups are using last week’s assault on the US Capitol as a jihadist mobilization tool, with al-Qaeda, IS, and Syrian jihadists propagandizing the US political unrest as evidence of Western hypocrisy and the weakness of democracy.
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Crime-Terrorism Nexus Is Significant Factor in Islamist Activities in USA
January 06, 2021
Homelandsecuritytoday.com writes that according to a new report by Fordham Law School’s Center on National Security, criminal history can be useful diagnostic tool in predicting and preventing Islamist radicalization and violence in America, with a third of US IS defendants having a pre-existing criminal record.
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Jihadists Kill 100 Civilians in Niger in Escalation of Islamist Terror
January 06, 2021
CNN reports that Niger's government confirmed a weekend jihadist attack that killed one hundred civilians in the triborder region of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as a result of diverse Islamist extremist groups consolidating power across the African Continent.
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IS Resilience due to Shifts in Recruitment, Financing, and Operations
January 06, 2021
DW.com reports that the territorial defeat of the IS caliphate in Iraq and Syria did not end the threat posed by the Islamist terror grouping, which is using a deliberate recovery strategy of successful digital recruitment, targeted European operations, relocation of core activities to West Africa, and gradual rebuilding of financing networks for heavy weapons acquisitions.
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US Policies Prove Weak at Countering Homegrown Islamist Extremism
January 06, 2021
According to the new book Homegrown: ISIS in America, the United States faces sustained domestic jihadist activity, despite the diverse array of US government policies designed to counter homegrown Islamist extremism.
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