-
Iran’s Supreme Leader Exhorts University Students to Embrace Lauds New World Order
May 02, 2022
The Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic theocratic regime recently exhorted the country’s university students to celebrate the new world order that he identified with the war in Ukraine as evidence of declining US power, urging students studying abroad to use their soft power to spread Iran's Islamist revolutionary principles and underscoring the particular importance of Iran’s use of hard and soft power for influence-building in South Asia.
-
Islamist Violence in West Africa Generates Population Displacement & Food Insecurity
May 02, 2022
Expanding jihadist violence in the West African and African Sahel regions is contributing to massive population displacement and intense food insecurity, with Burkina Faso representative of the broader regional trend whereby anti-government violence by al-Qaeda and IS jihadists has disrupted farming, generated millions of internally displace persons (IDPs), and contributed to food insecurity for what the UN agencies estimate is 3.5 million people.
-
Jihadists Taking Aim at China's Belt and Road Initiative, Destablize Security Environment
May 02, 2022
As the expansion of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) expands the country's economic footprint in South Asia and the Middle East, diverse jihadist groups, most specifically, those affiliated with Islamic State - Khorasan Province (IS-K) and jihadis critical of Afghan Taliban and Pakistani cooperation with Beijing, have begun to ratchet up anti-colonialist-anti-BRI discourse and to escalate violent attacks on high-value, BRI infrastructure, a trend that is likely to continue and to destabalize the Eurasian security environment.
-
OIC Leadership Meeting in Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel for Jerusalem Red Line
April 28, 2022
The Executive leadership of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation met in extraordinary session in Saudi Arabia about recent violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and in a long communique, identified the final status of Jerusalem as a red line for the 57 member-states of the OIC and Muslims worldwide, and called on international organizations to condemn Israeli security forces for recent violence at the contested sure, which includes both the Islamic Al-Aqaa Mosque and the Jewish Temple Mount.
-
UK Report on Terrorism in Prisons Highlights Islamist Radicalization Threats
April 28, 2022
The UK Ministry of Justice commissioned a special inquiry into the threat of Islamist radicalization in prisons, and the governments independent review of terrorism legislation reports that prisons have become radicalization and recruitment spaces for Islamist extremists, with structural problems compounded by the constraints on prison staff in discussing religion and, particularly, Islam in an environment where Islamist prison gangs wield power over inmates and guards.
Copyright 2024 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies