-
IS Cells Threaten Iran with More Attacks
December 03, 2018
Islamic State (IS) cells that claimed responsibility, with an Arab separatist group, for a high-casualty attack on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) parade in Southwestern Iran have pledged to carry out more attacks.
-
Saudi-Uzbek Agreement Expands Sharia Finance in Central Asia
December 03, 2018
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is expanding its influence in Central Asia through a decision by the Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector to extend credit lines to Uzbekistan banks for sharia-compliant/compatible banking and financial services in Central Asia’s most populous country.
-
IS Increases Targeted Attacks Against Afghan Shiites
December 03, 2018
The ISKP, the Afghan affiliate of the Sunni terror-jihad group Islamic State (IS), has steadily increased its targeted violence against Afghanistan's Shiite minority community, deliberately aggravating sectarian tensions in a country weakened by decades of war.
-
Saudi Rail Upgrades Target Pilgrimage Revenues, Islamist Legitimacy
December 03, 2018
Saudi Arabia is banking on the Islamic pilgrimage (haj) as a continuing source of revenue for the country to stave off sociopolitical pressures with the inauguration of a new, Spanish-built, high-speed rail link between the two holy pilgrimage cities of Mecca and Medina.
-
Boko Haram Remains a Disruptive Influence in West Africa
December 03, 2018
The ongoing war by Boko Haram ("Western education is a sin") Islamist militants to impose sharia in West Africa continues to impose limits on the gradual reopening of schools at the Cameroon-Nigeria border.
Copyright 2025 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies