Posts Tagged: Radicalization
‘Salafist Police’ Are Targeting Westernized European Muslims
Some call them the Salafist police. Others say they are just ordinary extremists. Either way, they are terrorizing other Muslims in the Netherlands, radicalizing Muslim...
Europe Grapples with Independent Koran Schools Radicalizing Students
The exam is multiple choice, with questions about the treatment of enemies -- homosexuals, for instance, and unbelievers. How should they be punished, the children...
In Belgium, Jihadists, Guns, and (Drug) Money
Gunshots. Knifings. Cars being set aflame. All in broad daylight, all on the streets of Molenbeek. Molenbeek, Belgium, you may recall, was the Brussels neighborhood that...
Islamist Terrorism Resurfaces in Scandinavia
The man who opened fire in an Oslo gay bar on Pride Night last month has deep ties to an extremist leader dubbed "the most...
Aafia Siddiqui and the Misguided Support for Women of Jihad
When a jihadist terrorist stabs, shoots, and attempts to behead infidels, the Western media often assure us that he is either mentally ill or a...
Jailed Terrorists Are Preaching in Prison Chapels
A disturbing report by the US Justice Department's Inspector General has revealed that incarcerated terrorists associated with international jihadist groups like Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and al-Shabaab...
Pakistan Struggles to Contain the Radicalism It Fostered
As a state that was founded in 1947 on the basis of its majority religion, outbursts and protests for religious causes are a common scene...
Turkey Refuses to Protect Its Women — and What That Means for the World
Her eyes were nearly as dark as her abaya, large and filled with tears. She was young, not much more than 30, with dark hair,...
Reforming EU Imam Training Is Easier Said Than Done
Europe has an Islamism problem. This has long been evident in the dozens of Islamist terrorist attacks across the continent for nearly 20 years. But the latest...
France’s Macron Confronts Radical Islam; Why Won’t the US Media Join Him?
In a landmark speech in October, French President Emmanuel Macron committed to defend secularism against Islamist separatism, adding that a law would be presented by...
Macron and El-Sisi Face Uphill Battles for Religious Reform
At first glance, comparing respective religious reform efforts in Egypt and France seems far-fetched, but Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and French President Emanuel Macron...
Findings on ISIS Refugees Further Complicate Europe’s Dilemma
It's the question that has consumed governments and counterterrorism officials since the Islamic State first took hold: what to do with the foreign ISIS fighters...
Is Europe Facing Another Decade of Jihad?
For most of Europe, the end of 2019 marked the close of a decade of jihad, of terrorist attacks in the streets, of bombers, shooters,...
Terrorism Forgotten: Why America Lacks Interest in Ongoing Jihadi Threat
If, one year after 9/11, an individual originally from India drove a van full of propane tanks into the front gate of a California Air...
