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Boko Haram Slaughters 100-Plus Civilians in Latest Jihadist Episode in Nigeria
December 02, 2020
The Guardian reports that more than 100 civilians, mainly migrant farmers, in northeast Nigeria were violently murdered in a massacre attributed to the jihadist group Boko Haram, which, along with Islamist extremist rival ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province), continue to escalate attacks in the oil-rich African state.
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Islamic Blasphemy Climate in Pakistan on Display as Muslim Teen Murders Ahmadi Doctor
December 01, 2020
AP News reports that Pakistan’s Islamic blasphemy laws have created a climate of impunity for Islamist extremist attacks by Muslims against the country’s Ahmadi minority considered heretical by the Sunni majority.
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Egypt Arrests Christians and Muslims for Blasphemy
December 01, 2020
Al-Moniter writes that, after a spate of recent arrests of Egyption citizens, both Christian and Muslim, on charges of insulting Islam, Human rights activists are pushing for the abolishment of blasphemy as a crime under the country’s constitution.
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Jihadist Groups Coordinate Attacks on Three Military Sites in Northern Mali
December 01, 2020
In a tactical move that underscores the durability of jihadist operations across multiple countries in the African Sahel region, Islamist militant groups operating in Mali carried out simultaneous, coordinated attacks against three military encampments of French and UN multinational counter-terrorism and peacekeeping forces.
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Saudi Interior Ministry's Bans a list of Names Citing Sharia Law
December 01, 2020
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry issued a long list of banned names in the Islamic theocratic kingdom, using sharia law to outlaw, among others, compound names, nicknames, and names preceded by titles.
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