Islamic State on Brink of Financial Collapse, Report Finds
The business model of Islamic State is failing, and the terror group will soon likely collapse financially, according to a detailed analysis of IS finances by the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization, and accounting group Ernst & Young. Islamic State is often cited as the richest terrorist organization ever to have existed; […]
Bangladesh sentences five militants to death for killing Japanese man
Dhaka (dpa) – Five Islamist militants were sentenced to death for killing a Japanese man in the northern Bangladeshi district of Rangpur in 2015, court officials said Tuesday. District judge Noresh Chandra Sarker handed down the verdict to the militants from the banned Islamist group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh for the murder of Hoshi Kunio, prosecutor […]
Pope Francis wants to “build bridges not walls” to Islam
When it comes to getting to the meat of a subject, nobody analyzes Islam and the forces that surround it better than Raymond Ibrahim. Recently Ibrahim took Pope Francis to task for his foolish statement that “Muslim terrorism does not exist.” Now, just a few weeks later, the Pope has…
Islam To Become Most Popular Religion
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and will overtake Christianity as the most popular before the end of this century, according to an analysis of religious surveys published Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. With 1.6 billion, Muslims made up 23 percent of the world’s population, according to a 2010 Pew estimate.
Marks: A wide immigrant net equals collateral damage
“Immigrant” is a broad term; it includes refugees, undocumented aliens, and international students. International students, including those from the seven countries from which immigrants were banned under President Trump’s executive order on immigration, are often highly skilled, highly motivated, and extremely bright students. They have worked hard to learn English…
Bernie Sanders draws parallels between Trump, Netanyahu, calls to end ’50-year occupation’
In J Street address, ex-presidential hopeful says progressives can oppose US president ‘without being anti-American’ and Israeli PM ‘without being anti-Israel’ By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a speech during J Streets 2017 National Conference at the Washington Convention Center, on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP) WASHINGTON — Former […]
Golden State of Hate: Extremism on the Rise in Calif.
Capital & Main is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political and social issues. On election night last November, Nathan Damigo, a 30-year-old white nationalist and student at California State University, Stanislaus, met up with friends in the northern California city of Folsom. As they bounced from bar to bar, it became […]