Al-Qaeda to Muslims: ‘Kill Americans’ for Mosque Strike
Al-Qaeda called on Muslims to take revenge against the U.S. Friday after accusing Washington of destroying a mosque and killing civilians in an airstrike on a town held by Syrian rebels linked to the Sunni Muslim militant group. In an article published by al-Qaeda’s An-Nafir newsletter, the jihadists joined Syrian rebel coalitions Tahrir al-Sham (formerly […]
Global Coalition Against IS Explained
The Global Coalition to Counter Islamic State was formed in September 2014 with the expressed aim of degrading and defeating Islamic State. The threat: According to the U.S. State Department, IS presents a global terrorist threat. It has recruited thousands of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria from around the globe and has leveraged technology […]
China Mulls Terror Response After Islamic State Threat
The Islamic State terror group released a video earlier this month explicitly threatening China with attacks on its soil. Analysts say that as China seeks to expand influence across central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, its nationals are being exposed to a greater terror threat — and Beijing is having to adapt its response.
Dallas Imam More Fearful of Islamophobia than ISIS
A Dallas imam who was targeted for death by the Islamic State militant group is more afraid of Islamophobia at home than ISIS terrorists, he said. Omar Suleiman, a prominent imam and scholar in Irving, Texas, was featured in a threatening video uploaded to YouTube earlier this month, which appeared to come from ISIS. Suleiman […]
Life Under Islamic State: The Heartbreak of Freedom
As Islamic State militants’ hold on Mosul crumbles, so do the lives of many people fleeing the increasingly chaotic battles. Militants are fighting from civilian homes, and hours after Ayman Khalaf, 25, escaped Mosul, he broke down in tears and rage outside a refugee camp, telling VOA how 19 of his family members were killed […]
Everything You Need To Know About ISIS and The Uighur Threat Against Chinese
The first Islamic State group threat against China has been made, according to jihadist tracking experts. A 30-minute video published by an ISIS group in Iraq Monday included soldiers from China’s Uighur minority group killing a purported informant. Uighur people have mainly lived in the autonomous Xinjiang region in China, where nearly 10 million of […]
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; […]
Who are the Sufis and why does ISIS see them as threatening?
On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern Pakistan. Soon thereafter, the so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. In recent times, such attacks have targeted a variety of cherished sites and…
Trump Is Our Own Worst Enemy
The jihadis shoot their propaganda across the internet in search of the Western world’s frightened and dispossessed. On Twitter and Facebook, from YouTube to Google Play, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) traffics in lies, bombarding Western Muslims seeking adventure, compatriots or an outlet for their religious fervor. The message is stark, terrifying: Your countries […]
ISIS Suicide Bomber Was Freed From Guantanamo Detention Center
Donald Trump: ‘Isis is number one tricky’ A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was awarded more than $1 million in compensation after he was freed from the detention camp reportedly attacked this week an army base in Iraq. Ronald Fiddler, who later took the name Jamal Udeen al-Harith after converting to Islam in the 1990s, […]