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Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Conversion Plans Continue Islamization and Advance the Christians Cleansing Policy
July 01, 2020
NATO-member Turkey is planning to activate the famed Byzantine Orthodox Cathedral of Hagia Sophia as a mosque, continuing the regime’s Islamization project and building on the country’s secular and religious governments’ policies of cleansing out Christians.
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State Dept. Warns About a Globalized IS
July 01, 2020
The U.S. State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Nathan Sales, is warning that the Islamic State (“IS”) has evolved into a globalized entity able to inspire islamist extremist ideology and violent operations carried out by local affiliates.
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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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IS Experiments with Cryptocurrency Options to Finance Extremist Operations
July 01, 2020
Blockchain industry experts report that Islamic State (“IS”) websites are encouraging followers to use Monero (XMR) to expand the options for cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, as an option to finance a range of Islamist operations.