Islamist Extremist Groups in Burkina Faso Murder, Rape, Pillage in Campaign Aimed at State Takeover

May 18, 2022

Internationally renowned Human Rights Watch reports that Islamist extremist groups affiliated with with AQ (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM) and IS (Islamic State on the Greater Sahara, ISGS) continue to wage a years-long armed campaign aimed at state takeover of the African Sahel country, with AQIM and ISGS violence having displaced over 1.8 million people and Islamist militants engaging widespread murder and systemic rape, pillaging and destruction of local economies and infrastructure.

Sharia Blasphemy Ideology Provokes Gruesome Murder in Nigeria of Christian Student

May 18, 2022

A female Christian student at an education college in northwest Nigeria, was stoned to death and burned by a mob of Muslim students who accused her on social media of blasphemy against Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, with the gruesome murder underscoring how sharia-based blasphemy laws  undermine rule of law and provoke vigilante violence and inter-religious intolerance. 

Social Violence in Indonesia Highlights Islamists’ Rejection of Pluralism

May 18, 2022

Recent episodes of social violence in Indonesia, the worlds most populous Muslim-majority country, involving Islamist attacks against individuals, religious minority sites, and Islamic organizations advocating religious tolerance all share the common theme of rejection of pluralism as expressed in rule of law and equality before the state, pointing to the urgency of developing best practices for law enforcement, judicial neutrality, and inter-religious dialogue, in order to combat hardline Islamist ideas and groups that reject the principles and practices I’d pluralism. 

Islamist Attack at Suez Canal Signals Shift Towards Disruption of Domestic & International Economies

May 18, 2022

The attack by IS militants on a water pumping station in the vicinity of the Suez Canal suggest a shift in strategy towards economic disruption and damage, since attacks on civilian economic infrastructure will bring inevitable damage to the domestic Egyptian economy, which is reliant on Suez Canal activity, and will also undermine the international economy, as confidence in and unfettered access through the Suez Canal is critical to international trade and commerce. 

Joint Communiqué by Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS

May 16, 2022