Posts Tagged: Islamist
Palestinians Vote in Second Phase of Municipal Elections
i24 News - Polls opened on Saturday in cities across the West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following over 15 years of delays to...
Palestinian Rockets Explode off Tel Aviv Coast, Military Says
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets toward the Mediterranean sea on Saturday, causing an explosion off the shore of Tel Aviv, Israel's military said. Police...
Afghan Pavilion at Dubai World Fair Stays Shut After Taliban Takeover
Hours after the world expo fair opened in Dubai on Friday, Afghanistan's exhibition remained closed to visitors in a sign of the challenges facing the...
Afghan President in Urgent Talks as Taliban Take Key Town Near Kabul
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, capturing a town...
Israel Kills Militant Commander after Palestinian Rocket Fire, US Calls for Peace
Israel killed a senior Palestinian militant commander in heavy air strikes on Gaza on Monday and Islamist groups renewed rocket attacks on Israeli cities despite...
Israel-Gaza Conflict Rages, US Tells Israel to Protect Media After Tower Hit
Israel pounded Gaza, destroying a tower block that housed media organizations and which it said had militant assets, while Palestinian rocket salvos hit Tel Aviv...
Palestinian Leader Delays Parliamentary and Presidential Elections, Blaming Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday postponed planned elections amid a dispute over voting in eastern Jerusalem and divisions in his Fatah party. Abbas, 85, issued...
Turkish Women Protest Over Erdogan’s Decision to Exit Domestic Violence Treaty
Several thousand women took to the streets in Istanbul on Saturday to demand Turkey reverses its decision to withdraw from an international treaty against domestic...
Turkey’s Erdogan Quits European Treaty on Violence Against Women
President Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, ministers and an official notice said on Saturday, prompting criticism from...
Children Walk Back to School in Gaza After Five-Month Shutdown
Hundreds of thousands of children walked through the streets of the Gaza Strip on Saturday to return to classes after five months of shutdown -...
Official German Report Acknowledges Islamist Antisemitism in the Country
In a major break with the past, the German agency for domestic security -- Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz -- has published a 40-page report whose title...
How Saving Israel from Terrorism Could Save the World
For Islamist and jihadist fighters around the world -- ISIS, Hamas, it generally makes little actual difference -- terrorism represents a sacred form of religious...
Anti-Israel CAIR Leader Who Slammed Interfaith Dialogue Wins Community Award
Last month, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) leader Zahra Billoo said that "pro-Israel work is pro-terror, pro-violence ... and pro-apartheid." Days later, Billoo received the Community...
Swedish PM Criticized for Appointing “Islamist” to Cabinet
Sweden's newly elected Social Democrat Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, is under a fire for appointing a politician described as an "Islamist" to his cabinet. Mehmet...
