Global Political Islam

  • Libya's Failed State Opens Space for Radical Islamists on Europe's Shores

    August 13, 2014

    International democratization activists are warning that radical Islamist militias are consolidating control in the anarchy that has followed Libya's revolution against the Qaddafi dictatorship, foreclosing democracy-building and establishing a Mediterranean al-Qaeda statelet on Europe's shores.

  • Turkey's Toleration of Salafists and Jihadis Causing Domestic Instability

    August 13, 2014

    Turkish human rights organizations and media outlets are reporting that the AKP Islamist government's policy of giving comfort to IS (Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants has led to rising trends of domestic sectarianism and violence led by jihadi salafists.

  • Radical Indonesian Cleric Declares Support for New Islamic Caliphate in Mideast

    August 13, 2014

    Abu Bakar Bashir, a militant Islamic cleric jailed by the Jakarta government for terrorist activities in Indonesia, declared through the radical organization Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (“JAT”), that he endorses the jihadist caliphate, The Islamic State, proclaimed recently in the Mideast.

  • Chinese Muslims Call on OIC to Follow Turkey's Lead in Supporting Islamist Separatism

    August 13, 2014

    The World Uighur Congress has called on international organizations such as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), the European Union (“EU”), and the UN to reinforce and support Turkey's demands for an independent inquiry into China's treatment of its Uighur Muslim population and to accept Turkey's claims that it has responsibility for what it calls the state of Eastern Turkistan, the region in China where Uighur/Turkic Muslims are concentrated.

  • Jihadists Erasing Christian Presence in Middle East

    August 13, 2014

    The assault against the ancient Christian populations of the Middle East by Islamist jihadists –first, as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”) and, now, as the expanding territorial caliphate of The Islamic State – goes beyond murders and expulsions of Christians, as profiteers have begun plundering and black-market profiteering of ancient Christian artifacts and texts.

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