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Jihadist Groups Place Growing Pressure on West Africa
April 22, 2019
Various jihadist groups are expanding their operations in the West African countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin from their core activities in Nigeria and Mali, collaborating with criminal networks trafficking in weapons and narcotics to weaken the region’s already fragile states and to secure an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Istanbul’s Urban Transformation Signals Ongoing Islamization
April 22, 2019
The urban transformation of Istanbul, symbolized in developments such as the construction of a large mosque in the city’s Taksim Square center, which was historically populated by the country’s non-Muslim communities, signals the NATO member state’s steady Islamization in the public sphere and politics.
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IS Defeat Gives Rise to Mutating Islamist Extremism
April 22, 2019
The battlefield defeat of the Islamic State (IS) caliphate in its core territories does not mean the end of global Islamist extremism, but rather may give rise to a mutating Islamism operating in local and regional contexts but linked through multi-media networks that promote an ideology of long-term jihadist hegemony.
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Al-Shabaab Branding Strategy May Hold Key for Defeat
April 22, 2019
The Somali Islamist extremist group al-Shabaab’s sophistication in crafting a brand that appeals to its core constituency of “youth,” the Somali name of the organization, means branding and security experts may be able to cooperate in policymaking responses that can disrupt the brand and degrade the popular legitimacy of the Islamist group over time.
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IS Spokesman Calls for Revenge Attacks for NZ Mosque Massacre
April 22, 2019
The Islamic State’s (IS) official spokesperson has called for Muslims worldwide to support the project of the caliphate by perpetrating revenge attacks for last week’s massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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