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Press Freedom the Casualty of Growing Islamist Battle in Turkey
December 24, 2014
The AKP Islamist Government in Turkey has initiated a dragnet of journalist arrests and media closures for outlets in Turkey that are connected to global Islamist leader Fetullah Gulen (who resides in the United States), as press freedom continues to be hostage to the intensifying Islamist strife in a country that is a candidate for membership in the European Union.
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Afghan Students Turning to Violent Extremist Options in Islamism
December 24, 2014
Afghan university-age students are demonstrating strong support for the violent extremist version of Islamism propounded by Islamic State (“IS”), which has emerged in Afghanistan as a competitor to the Taliban for "spiritual purity" and global jihad, according to evidence from social media sites and the Afghan Security Services.
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Tensions Rise in Germany over Anti-Islamization Platform of Rightwing Group
December 24, 2014
Huge turnouts in a series of recent demonstrations in major German cities by the extremist rightwing group Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West (“Pegida”) have led some of the country's politicians, religious leaders, and civic rights activists to call for social calm, as the government looks to address social tensions related to the convergence of domestic economic slowdown and high rates of asylum seekers from Muslim-majority countries in the Mideast.
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Salafists Use Apostasy to Push for Silencing Speech Freedoms in Algeria
December 24, 2014
One of Algeria's most internationally renowned novelists has been branded an apostate by an Algerian Salafist Imam, who has called for the author's death on account of his recent novel and public commentaries regarding Islam.
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Sectarian Islamism Destabilizes Yemen
December 24, 2014
The Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen continues to be rocked by violence, as Sunni Islamists loyal to al-Qaeda and Shiite Islamist Houthi tribesmen battle for control of the country.
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