Global Political Islam

  • State Department New Terrorism Designations Indicate Globalization of Islamist Extremism

    October 01, 2014

    The U.S. Department of State's newest additions to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (“SDGT”) included Albanian, Chechen, Moroccan, and Libyan designations, indicating the ongoing globalization of individuals and groups using extremist Islamist views to support acts of violence.

  • Sharia Mortgages to Get British Government Guarantees

    October 01, 2014

    The United Kingdom's only wholly sharia-compliant retail bank (Sharia Islamic Bank of Britain) has launched an Islamic mortgage-finance program that is also being backed by the British government's "Help to Buy" mortgage guarantee program.

  • Muslim Groups and Leaders Urge U.S. and European Officials to Refuse to Use "Islamic" to Describe ISIS and Al-Qaeda

    September 24, 2014

    A growing number of Islamic groups and Muslim leaders from the Middle East and European countries and the U.S. are calling for a rejection of the term "Islamic" to describe ISIS (the self-styled Islamic State of Syria and Iraq/Levant) and al-Qaeda, arguing that use of the term Islamic for jihadi-terrorist groups provokes stereotyping of Islam and all Muslims.

  • OIC Plans High Profile Meetings and Strategy Sessions for Opening of UN General Assembly

    September 24, 2014

    The Secretary General of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) will hold strategic planning sessions in sideline meetings at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly (“UNGA”), with particular focus on Islamic approaches to conflict resolution, Islamic organizations in the United States and Palestine, and Islamic perspectives on human rights – and is expected to meet with the UN Secretary General and heads of state from around the world.

  • Islamic State Spokesman Calls for Jihadi Attacks on Europe and U.S.

    September 24, 2014

    The official spokesperson for the Islamic State (“IS”) has called for the organization's loyalists to attack the citizens of U.S. and European coalition countries engaged in bombing IS targets in the Middle East.

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