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Dutch Trial of IS Fighter May Become Model for Other Countries
July 10, 2019
The trial in the Netherlands of a repatriated Dutch national who fought for the Islamic State (IS) may become a model legal mechanism for prosecution of the estimated 5,000 European citizens who, as fighters for the caliphate, may be tried for war crimes under universal jurisdiction.
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Indonesia Faces Complex Islamist Extremist Ecosystem
July 10, 2019
Indonesian security authorities’ recent arrest of an al-Qaeda-affiliated leader with a domestic organizational network underscores the expanding, complex ecosystem of extremists using economic, political, and military mechanisms to penetrate the world’s most populous Muslim-majority society.
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British Officials Reiterate Commitment to Islamic Finance
July 10, 2019
Britain’s chief economic and financial officials are emphasizing their commitment, despite Brexit, to make the UK the West’s center for Islamic finance, with preparations to issue another sovereign debt offering of sharia-compliant bonds designed to take advantage of “the veritable force” that is global Islamic finance.
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Indian Agencies Report Arrests of IS Sympathizers
July 10, 2019
India’s state security agencies report 155 arrests of individuals through mid-2019 on charges of supporting the Islamic State (IS) or related terrorist organizations, with cyber activities constituting a particularly serious platform for online recruitment and radicalization in the geopolitically-crucial South Asian country.
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IS Attacks Military Base in Niger
July 10, 2019
Islamic State (IS) operatives carried out a lethal attack on a military base in Niger on the country’s border with Mali in a show of force that reflects the expanding scope and capacity of jihadism across West Africa and the Sahel region of the IS umbrella group known as Islamic State West Africa Province.
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