A Brief History of Saudi Terror
Saudi authorities announced Friday that they foiled a planned suicide attack in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site. The suicide bomber blew himself up when police surrounded the building he was in, security forces said. The kingdom has been accused by many, including U.S. President Donald Trump, of supporting terror, with Saudi nationals […]
Tech firms could face fines in crackdown on online ‘extremism’
The UK and France, working hand in hand against terrorism, are launching a joint campaign to fight online radicalisation. British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron want to get tech giants such as Facebook and Google to do more to remove extremist material from the internet. “Our discussions today have focused on […]
Why Are ISIS Suicide Bombers Attacking Shia Muslims?
Twin suicide blasts near the city of Karbala, Iraq, killed at least 30 and wounded 40 more in the latest in a series of Islamic State group (ISIS) bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar. At least 30 individuals, all of them civilians, were killed and 35 wounded […]
Monitor: US-backed Syrian forces make gains against Islamic State
US-backed Syrian forces have made territorial gains against Islamic State as part of an ongoing operation to capture the extremist militia’s de facto capital of al-Raqqa in Syria, a monitoring group reported on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) coalition, backed by US-led air power,…
London Attack: Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Rise Fivefold
Saturday’s attack in London by a three-man jihadi cell that left eight people dead has sparked a wave of hate crime against Muslims in the British capital, according to new figures. London mayor Sadiq Khan released police figures on Wednesday that showed Islamophobic attacks had risen fivefold since the ramming and knife assault. They also […]
UN: Islamic State Killed 231 Civilians Trying to Flee Mosul
The United Nations Human Rights Office said Thursday it has “credible reports” indicating Islamic State fighters in Iraq killed at least 231 civilians who were trying to flee western Mosul. The reported killings happened between May 26 and June 3, all in the al-Shifa neighborhood, and involved people trying to get from Islamic State-held areas […]
We Must Target The ‘ISIS Virus’ in Muslim Communities
On his maiden foreign visit as president, Donald Trump chose to visit the three global centers of the Abrahamic religions: Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. It showcased the centrality of religion in today’s political climate and its corresponding influence on the security of our planet. In Riyadh, Trump called on all Muslim leaders to […]
How Can We Trust ISIS’s Claims of Responsibility?
News outlets have reported that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack on a London Bridge June 3 as well as attacks inside Iran on June 7. But how do they know? And how reliable are such claims? We asked Monica Duffy Toft, an…
Iran’s Supreme Leader: Attacks Will Increase Hatred of US, Saudis
Iran’s leadership on Friday accused the United States and Saudi Arabia of supporting the attacks on Tehran that killed 17 people this week. As thousands of Iranians attended a funeral for the victims, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday’s attacks would only increase hate for the U.S. and Saudi governments, according to state media.
ISIS Calls for ‘All Out War’ on West During Ramadan
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) called for an “all out war” on the West during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins Saturday, just days after it claimed the Manchester suicide bomb attack that left 22 people dead. The group’s spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, killed in a U.S. airstrike in August 2016, had […]