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Brunei Sultan Doubles down on New Sharia Penal Code
April 03, 2019
Facing an international outcry against the implementation of a hardline sharia-based penal code in Brunei, the country’s Sultan called for “stronger Islamic teachings” in the small Southeast Asian state, a move that may be designed to attract sharia-based foreign investment and to increase tourism from Muslim-majority countries.
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Education Presents Challenge in Post-IS Context
April 03, 2019
International humanitarian agencies and local educators report that education of students in former Islamic State (IS) caliphate territory and in neighboring states hosting refugees who fled from IS will be a huge social-psychological challenge.
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Turkish Ruling Party Loses Municipal Elections
April 03, 2019
The sweeping losses by Turkey’s ruling Islamist government in the country’s municipal elections presents President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a conundrum over whether to repair ties with Western investors and NATO allies or to stand firm in his neo-Ottoman foreign policy and authoritarian Islamist domestic agenda.
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German Police Arrest 10 Suspects in Islamist Terrorist Plot
March 27, 2019
German police are holding 10 men on suspicion of plotting an Islamist terrorist attack designed to “kill as many non-believers as possible” using vehicles and guns.
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New Zealand Official Criticizes Politicization of Attack on Mosques
March 20, 2019
New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for politicizing the recent high-casualty attack on two mosques in Christchurch by characterizing the attack in a local election campaign as a contemporary battle by the West against Islam.
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