
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) jihadists have released a video showing bulldozers plowing through the ruins of the historic Christian Syrian monastery of Mar Elian, located in al-Qaryatain in the Syrian province of Homs. They also desecrated the monastery’s cemetery, unearthing graves with their machinery.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.22 Aug 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

An American soldier who was part of a group who took down a terrorist attempting to shoot up an intercity train in France has spoken of his experience to British television. In an interview with Sky News, National Guardsman Alek
by Oliver Lane22 Aug 2015, 4:09 AM PST0

A gunman who was overpowered by passengers during a shooting incident on a train had been under French police surveillance after foreign security services identified him as dangerous, a source with knowledge of the case and local media said. The
by Reuters22 Aug 2015, 3:20 AM PST0

AFP reports the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) “mafia” made around $11 million a month in Nineveh province in Iraq through extortion and bribery.
by Mary Chastain21 Aug 2015, 10:01 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has banned television and demolished satellite dishes to prevent residents of its self-declared “caliphate” from accessing foreign channels deemed “dangerous” due to their anti-ISIS programming, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has learned.
by Edwin Mora21 Aug 2015, 9:35 PM PST0

A bus full of Hamas operatives traveling through the Sinai Peninsula was stopped abruptly on Thursday, and initial reports stated that four members of Hamas—a Palestinian rival terrorist organization headquartered in Gaza—had been abducted by terrorists loyal to the Islamic State.
by Jordan Schachtel21 Aug 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

The American Center for Law and Justice is urging President Barack Obama to defend Christians who are suffering intense persecution from Islamic State terrorists, especially by naming an ambassador to fill the vacant mission of Special Envoy to Promote Religious
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Aug 2015, 6:53 PM PST0

Danish politician Mogens Camre has become the latest casualty of the war against free speech.
by Pamela Geller21 Aug 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

An advocacy group in Washington, D.C. is working to raise funds to keep ten Boko Haram escapees in American schools, with two accepted to four-year universities but lacking resources and family to keep them going.
by Frances Martel21 Aug 2015, 7:09 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has claimed it orchestrated a car bomb attack in Cairo early on Thursday that injured at least 29 people, CNN reports.
by Edwin Mora21 Aug 2015, 6:48 AM PST0

A recent report by the Iraqi parliament blamed former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for losing the vital city of Mosul to the Islamic State, going so far as to recommend criminal charges against Maliki and his colleagues.
by John Hayward20 Aug 2015, 7:25 PM PST0

Nigerians in northern Yobe state are decrying a Boko Haram attack that resulted in 160 people–including dozens of children–drowning as they fled the terrorist group. But the Nigerian military is calling the reports “unsubstantiated” and denying the attack occurred at all.
by Frances Martel20 Aug 2015, 10:23 AM PST0

Riot police were forced to fall back and barricade themselves inside a building as the intensity of sectarian violence grew around a refugee centre in Germany last night. The riot turned Thuringa, Germany into a warzone on Wednesday after “religious differences” between
by Oliver Lane20 Aug 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Seven young Australians were recently prevented from leaving the country for fear that they intended to join terrorists in the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to give details, including
by AP20 Aug 2015, 1:23 AM PST0

16 Islamic State jihadis ended up killing each other outside of Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday as a result of infighting between rival factions of the terror group, according to a report from the Kurdish news network Rudaw.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Aug 2015, 9:51 PM PST0

As the FBI libels me as someone who inspires violence, I am getting death threats every day.
by Pamela Geller19 Aug 2015, 4:51 PM PST0

Conservatives have come to the defense of Carly Fiorina for remarks she made in 2001 while employed as the Chief Executive Officer of tech giant HP.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Aug 2015, 10:13 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) beheaded Khaled Asaad, a beloved archaeologist, in Palmyra. The 82-year-old lived and working in the UNESCO Heritage Site for over 50 years.
by Mary Chastain19 Aug 2015, 9:48 AM PST0

Tuesday was a bumper day for the enforcers of multiculturalism in Denmark, as a People’s Party politician was handed a hefty fine for being disobliging about Muslim immigration, and another man was arrested for comments made about a mosque fire in
by Oliver Lane19 Aug 2015, 7:29 AM PST0

Eritrean asylum seekers in Sweden are risking serious backlash after a week of unprovoked, migrant violence towards their native hosts. Otherwise considered one of the most enthusiastically forgiving and multicultural nations in Europe, Sweden reacted with horror to a double
by Oliver Lane19 Aug 2015, 1:27 AM PST0

The Libyan government is calling for Arab countries to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State positions.
by John Hayward18 Aug 2015, 8:57 PM PST0

The owners of Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gear–an Oklahoma gun range and survival store–have decided to declare their business a “Muslim free establishment” in light of the Chattanooga attack that killed four Marines and one.
by AWR Hawkins18 Aug 2015, 4:08 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) confirmed American humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller’s death in February. Since then, her family revealed that her Christian faith kept her going through the hell the terrorist group put her through.
by Mary Chastain18 Aug 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has released an audio message in which he confirms he is still alive and calls himself the “governor” of the Islamic State West Africa Province, the new name for Boko Haram under ISIS.
by Frances Martel18 Aug 2015, 11:18 AM PST0

Moscow is close to inking an agreement that would expedite the transfer of several of its S-300 missile units to Iran, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said Tuesday, Iran’s state-media reported. The air-defense batteries will help extensively to secure Iran’s military and nuclear sites against airstrikes.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Aug 2015, 10:11 AM PST0