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Pakistani Islamists Protest Amended Election Oath
November 15, 2017
One of Pakistan’s hardline Islamist parties, the Tehrik-e-Labaik, or Movement of the Prophet’s Followers, flexed their strength with a demonstration that led government officials to close down highway travel into the country’s capital city, as protesters condemned as blasphemous to Islam’s prophet Mohammed a minor change in language to the oath of office for elected officials.
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Pakistan’s Punitive Blasphemy Laws Target Christians
November 15, 2017
Christians remain a favored target of Pakistan’s punitive blasphemy laws, which international human rights groups continue to condemn as violations of free speech and conscience.
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British Somali Leads IS Expansion in East Africa
November 15, 2017
Jihadi competition is intensifying in East Africa, as a Somali imam with British citizenship and a history of radical preaching in London mosques has returned to Somalia to lead the expansion of Islamic State (IS) activities against the al-Shabab militants warring to make the country a sharia state.
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NY Attack Renews US Debates over Islamist Radicalization
November 15, 2017
The aftermath of the Halloween attack in New York City by an Islamic State supporter who followed the group’s instructions to use vehicles as tools for jihad in the West has renewed debate among US officials about the optimal mix of intelligence gathering, law enforcement, and immigration regulations for preventing Islamist radicalization inside America.
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Saudi Sociopolitical Upheaval Targets Wahhabi Islamism
November 15, 2017
The massive sociopolitical upheavals underway in Saudi Arabia, catalyzed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s decision to allow women the right to drive and his recent anti-corruption dragnet, has been part of a more complex effort to curtail the expansive powers of the Wahhabi establishment and the draconian Islamist culture that has dominated the theocratic kingdom.
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