
Kenya’s Garissa University officially re-opened on Monday, nine months after al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the campus, killing 148 people and deliberately targeting Christian students.
by Frances Martel5 Jan 2016, 7:30 PM PST0

The mainstream media is using Donald Trump’s involuntary appearance in a recruitment video released by the Somali-based jihad group Al-Shabaab to smear the Republican presidential primary front-runner. However, those same outlets failed to mention that President Barack Obama was used in prior recruitment videos by Al-Shabaab and ISIS.
by Lee Stranahan3 Jan 2016, 8:16 AM PST0

Although there has been rivalry among the various jihadist groups training and recruiting in North Africa, new pacts and agreements among the different strains of radical Islam have resulted in deeper collaboration, a harbinger of more trouble for those fighting the terrorists.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2016, 11:16 AM PST0

Refresh your Christmas booze-addled memory for a second with the video below, from December 19th in New Hampshire, where former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the astonishing proclamation: “[Donald Trump] is becoming ISIS’s best recruiter. “They are going to
by Raheem Kassam2 Jan 2016, 10:15 AM PST0

The Islamic State (IS) is in the process of installing a “little emirate” in the East African nation of Somalia, where the rule of law is virtually non-existent and the government holds very little sway.
by Jordan Schachtel24 Dec 2015, 11:31 AM PST0

On Monday, a terrorist attack on a bus in Kenya failed when Muslim passengers threw themselves over Christians to shield them from the Islamists’ wrath.
by Mary Chastain22 Dec 2015, 9:08 AM PST0

FBI Director James Comey indicated that “radical Islamic terrorism” is an “umbrella term” that accurately describes acts by groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Edwin Mora10 Dec 2015, 2:51 PM PST0

Dr. Sebastian Gorka explained this apparent ideological dissonance by noting that ISIS grew from al-Qaeda, and despite their current, occasionally violent rivalry, there is still ideological connective tissue between them.
by John Hayward7 Dec 2015, 9:25 AM PST0

Apparently panicked after dozens of governors trying to prevent a Paris-style attack announced that they would halt Syrian refugee resettlement in their states, refugee resettlement contractors dependent on federal payments appeared to mislead reporters repeatedly on a conference call held Tuesday.
by Christopher C. Hull4 Dec 2015, 1:27 PM PST0

San Berardino jihadis Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik took some steps to clean up their online footprint before launching the attack.
by John Hayward4 Dec 2015, 10:28 AM PST0

Contents: Terror groups compete for credit for Mali hotel attack; Mali hotel terror attack highlights al-Qaeda’s strength in Africa
by John J. Xenakis21 Nov 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

The United States State Department announced Wednesday that a $5 million dollar reward is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of Abu Muhammad al-Shimali, a leader in the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Nov 2015, 2:33 PM PST0

Members of Al Shabaab, a Somali terrorist group traditionally allied with Al Qaeda, have released a video on social media in which they are seen pledging allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Reports indicate Al Shabaab leadership is looking to find and kills its pro-ISIS members.
by Frances Martel9 Nov 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

Somali al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab has released a new video calling for Muslims to engage in “tourism” in “the land of Islam,” consisting of killing kufr (infidels) and eating exotic animals. The jihadis show off their latest catch, a butchered giraffe.
by Frances Martel4 Nov 2015, 11:25 AM PST0

A cargo plane with ten passengers crash landed in Somalia in a territory controlled by al-Shabaab Islamists on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, a government source said Thursday.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.29 Oct 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

The family of accused ISIS recruit Guled Omar, a 21-year-old resident of Minneapolis, has complained that he is confined under “inhumane” conditions that may cause him to “suffer mentally.”
by John Hayward23 Oct 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

A portion of the al-Shabaab Islamist group under the spiritual leadership of Sheikh Abdulqadir Mumin has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), occasioning a further fracture within the Somalia-based jihadist organization.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Oct 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

Nigeria’s Boko Haram islamists have reached out to the Somali jihadist organization al-Shabaab, urging it to switch its loyalty to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Oct 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s militant Islamist group al Shabaab pledged on Tuesday to greet British troops “with fire” when they arrive to provide support to a peacekeeping force in the conflict-ravaged country. Last week Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans
by Reuters7 Oct 2015, 2:18 AM PST0

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over as leader of al-Qaeda after the liquidation of Osama bin Laden, has released an audio message accusing ISIS leader and self-proclaimed “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of “sedition” and declaring war against the Islamic State.
by John Hayward10 Sep 2015, 6:35 PM PST0

It has taken two years but Norwegian security services have finally confirmed a Norwegian man of Somali descent was one of the terrorists who attacked a Kenyan shopping mall in 2013. On 21 September 2013, a group of terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall, an
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Sep 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

A debate is raging among African and Arab theologians regarding how far Christians can go in good conscience to hide their faith and pretend to be Muslims in order to save their lives at the hands of Islamist extremists.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Aug 2015, 3:42 PM PST0

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al-Qaeda-linked group largely made up ethnic Uighurs, commended the al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia for detonating a suicide car bomb that damaged the Chinese embassy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
by Edwin Mora5 Aug 2015, 7:07 PM PST0

President Obama has begun a two-day visit of Ethiopia, the first sitting United States President to visit the East African country.
by Michael Lucchese27 Jul 2015, 8:21 PM PST0

Nairobi (AFP) – Owners of Kenya’s Westgate mall, closed after Somali Islamists massacred 67 people almost two years ago, vowed Tuesday it would be safe as journalists toured the mall ahead of its reopening.
by AFP16 Jul 2015, 6:08 AM PST0