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Boko Haram Attack Continues Islamist Violence in West Africa
June 02, 2017
A suicide bombing attack perpetrated in Cameroon by Boko Haram underscored the continuing effort by Islamist militant groups to destabilize the security environment in West Africa and to spread sharia regimes across the African Continent.
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Irish Court Sentences IS Supporter
June 02, 2017
An Irish Criminal Court judge issued a five-year jail sentence to a Dutch national living in Ireland for applauding Islamic State (IS) terror attacks in France and threatening to behead Jews.
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US Government Announces Mosque Settlement
June 02, 2017
The US Justice Department has announced that Bernards Township in New Jersey will pay a $3.25 million settlement to the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to resolve a dispute over the site of a mosque complex, reflecting a growing trend of lawsuits related to US mosque complexes that involve polarized arguments about zoning laws and religious tolerance.
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EU Envoy Explores Cooperation with OIC
June 02, 2017
The EU Ambassador to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met with OIC Secretary-General in Saudi Arabia to expand on concrete modalities for EU-OIC cooperation on "peace, dialogue, and counter-terrorism," with the OIC leader speaking on behalf of the 57-member-state global organization that claims to represent Muslims worldwide.
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UN Observer Criticizes Saudi "Terror" Definition
June 02, 2017
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, has criticized Saudi Arabia for its "unacceptably broad definition of terrorism" and called for the country's government to adopt a new definition in line with international human rights norms.
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