
One of Vox’s authors who has been at the forefront of the push to denounce critics of radical Islam as “Islamophobes” has dramatically reversed course on the issue of ISIS’ connection to Islam.
by John Sexton19 Feb 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

A U.S. intelligence officer told NBC News the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) will not likely team up with Nigerian radical Islamic group Boko Haram in any official capacity due to the group’s racism against black Africans.
by Mary Chastain19 Feb 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

The nation of Kyrgyzstan has escalated its efforts in fighting radical Islam with the arrest of Rashot Kamalov, a popular Imam who law enforcement say has allegedly been attempting to convince Kyrgyz youth to join the jihad in Syria and Iraq with the Islamic State.
by Frances Martel19 Feb 2015, 11:18 AM PST0

The UK Daily Mail describes the latest Islamic State (ISIS) propaganda video as an “incredible show of force on Europe’s doorstep.” After chopping off the heads of 21 captive Egyptian Christians, the Islamic State staged a parade of jihadi “police cars,” flying the black Islamist flag before a throng of cheering men, women, and children, in a city that looks an awful lot like Benghazi, although other sources place scenes from the video in Derna and Sirte.
by John Hayward19 Feb 2015, 10:29 AM PST0

A horrific video of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) supporters brutally murdering three Syrian soldiers in Raqqa, Syria, after a bearded cleric reads out charges against the men has resurfaced thanks to The Daily Mail. However, as The Right Scoop points out, the video was uploaded in November 2014. Raqqa is the capital of Islamic State’s self-declared “caliphate.”
by Mary Chastain19 Feb 2015, 10:15 AM PST0

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told Euronews the CIA and Israel’s national intelligence agency, the Mossad, took part in the creation of the Islamic State and Boko Haram. He also suggested forces not focus on military action against the radical Islamic terrorist groups, since violence could cause more extremism.
by Mary Chastain19 Feb 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

Thursday at the White House summit to address combating violent extremism, Secretary of State John Kerry said the debate going on in America media over how to fight ISIS is “silly.” Kerry said, “There’s been a silly debate in the
by Pam Key19 Feb 2015, 9:03 AM PST0

Thursday during President Barack Obama remarks on fighting counter-terrorism at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism he said, “We must address the grievances that terrorists exploit,” by finding programs in “entrepreneurship and science and technology. ” The president
by Pam Key19 Feb 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration refuses to back Egypt’s attacks against the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL), which were launched after the jihadist group savagely beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians.
by Edwin Mora19 Feb 2015, 8:03 AM PST0

According to recent reports, the Italian Secret Service fears an air attack by ISIS, compounding the already existent danger of terrorist infiltration among with throngs of immigrants coming to Italy by boat from neighboring Libya.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Feb 2015, 6:18 AM PST0

After weeks of shocking publicity about the life women have to lead in the so-called Islamic State ‘caliphate’, including covering themselves from head to toe, being property of the jihadi fighters they are married to and having virtually no rights,
by A.B. Sanderson19 Feb 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations accused the Islamic State (ISIS, IS, or ISIL) of committing genocide against Muslims, Christians, and other religious minorities.
by Edwin Mora18 Feb 2015, 8:48 PM PST0

The president’s speech at the conference on combating violent extremism Wednesday wasn’t nearly as bad as some of his other recent statements on the topic. He did not repeat the silly claim that ISIS is not Islamic. He did not refer to the Crusades or the Inquisition. And he at least attempted to explain why he refuses to adopt the phrase “Islamic extremist.”
by John Sexton18 Feb 2015, 7:57 PM PST0

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) dubbed President Obama “an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists” on Wednesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “What undermines the global effort [against terrorism] is for the President of the United States to be an
by Ian Hanchett18 Feb 2015, 7:10 PM PST0

The most outrageous thing about President Barack Obama’s “extremism” summit Wednesday was not that it failed to identify Islamic terror as the primary threat. Nor was it that there were several Muslim representatives with extremist views present. Nor was it that the president still refuses to acknowledge ISIS (or ISIL) as “Islamic”—even while referring to it by an acronym whose first letter stands for “Islamic.”
by Joel B. Pollak18 Feb 2015, 5:31 PM PST0

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters repelled a “major attack” by Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) terrorists near Erbil in northern Iraq, various news outlets report.
by Edwin Mora18 Feb 2015, 5:30 PM PST0

“No religion is responsible for violence and terrorism,” President Obama insists at a White House summit.
by Charlie Spiering18 Feb 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that Islam is not the cause of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) brutality.
by Wynton Hall18 Feb 2015, 2:30 PM PST0

A State Department spokesperson wonders why the world isn’t focused on Joseph Kony these days. But the reason is simple: African atrocities tend to be ignored, in part because there are a lot of them.
by John Hayward18 Feb 2015, 2:28 PM PST0

TELEGRAPH: The beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya by forces sympathetic to Islamic State over recent days is sadly not an isolated case.
by Breitbart News18 Feb 2015, 2:23 PM PST0

China’s government-run Xinhua news service gives us the Politburo’s thoughts about the threat of “violent extremism,” repeatedly referring to the U.S. as a “terrorist breeder.”
by John Hayward18 Feb 2015, 2:07 PM PST0

ROME, Italy — As the Islamic State gains strength in Libya and threatens to overrun Italy with immigrants, Italy finds itself exposed with no way to handle the onslaught.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.18 Feb 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Two men who appear to resemble Australian nationals Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar are featured in a new Islamic State (ISIS) video that shows the beheading of a man the terror group claims is a spy.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Feb 2015, 12:39 PM PST0

Men who left the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) revealed sixteen letters from commanding officers that detail horrifying orders to bomb and murder innocent civilians. Each letter received a stamp to indicate the province it is from.
by Mary Chastain18 Feb 2015, 12:24 PM PST0

President Obama’s chief spokesman insists that the war against ISIS “is not a religious war, this is not a war on Islam.”
by Charlie Spiering18 Feb 2015, 11:58 AM PST0