Global Political Islam

  • Sharia Law Expands in Brunei

    April 13, 2018

    Islamization via sharia law continues to expand across the geopolitics of Southeast Asia, as the oil-rich Sultanate of Brunei continues to expand the application of strict sharia law for all subjects in the country, with successive revisions to the penal code and comprehensive social restrictions based on sharia principles.

  • Iran Uses Media as Soft-Power Tool Abroad

    April 13, 2018

    Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Asma Jahangir's posthumous report on Iran detail the use by the Islamic Republic of its media platform Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting as a soft-power, information-operations tool to promote Islamic revolution abroad and violate the human rights of domestic opponents.

  • CoE Movement Targets "Hate Speech" as Rights Violation

    April 13, 2018

    At a recent conference hosted by the Council of Europe (CoE), members of national campaign committees of the youth campaign called "No Hate Speech Movement" highlighted the movement's efforts since 2012 to encourage the recognition by governments and others of online "hate speech" as a violation of human rights.

  • CoE Committee Presents Anti-Radicalization Proposals

    April 12, 2018

    The Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee of Ministers has adopted a recommendation outlining measures member states should take in preventing the radicalization of individuals in their territories and calling for increased international cooperation to deal with the issue of "lone wolf" terrorist attacks and foreign fighters returning from Iraq and Syria.

  • German Official Supports Removal of Migrants over Anti-Semitism

    April 11, 2018

    Deutsche Welle reports that German Deputy Minister of the Interior Stephan Mayer has supported a proposal to remove migrants who have committed an offense motivated by anti-Semitism, as such action shows they "oppose the core values and beliefs of our democratic system."

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