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Malaysian Police Hold Suspects in Attempted Ramadan Attack
May 29, 2019
Malaysian police are holding four men, individuals from Indonesia and Myanmar, belonging to a local Islamic State cell on evidence that they were planning high-casualty attacks during Ramadan on non-Muslim religious sites and public entertainment centers.
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Political Transition in Sudan Involves Dismantling Islamist Deep State
May 29, 2019
Sudan’s political transition, jumpstarted by the overthrow of pro-sharia President Omar al-Bashir, has laid bare the need to dismantle the “deep state” through which Islamists continue to control the oil-rich, East African country’s military and security structures and key economic sectors.
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Rights Groups Warn of Islamist Radicalization in Iraqi Prisons
May 29, 2019
International human rights organizations are expressing concerns that Iraq’s overcrowded prisons may become recruitment and propaganda spaces for a new wellspring of radical Islamists opposed to the Baghdad government’s poor management of criminal justice processes.
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UNICEF Reports Boko Haram’s Impacts on Children
May 29, 2019
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that Nigeria’s children remain disproportionately affected by the Boko Haram Islamist extremist group’s war to impose sharia across the West African nation.
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Kazakh Repatriations Show Legacy of IS Foreign Fighters
May 29, 2019
The repatriation for psycho-social rehab of 231 citizens of Kazakhstan from Syria, including foreign fighters who went to serve the Islamic State (IS) along with their children born under the caliphate, underscores the globalized legacy of IS, as states face challenges of deradicalization and reintegration related to the caliphate experience.
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