
A group of 38 imams, led by Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy, have signed a six-page fatwa banning the Islamic State, condemning their work as “not Muslim,” and attacking conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for using the term “jihad” in connection with the Islamic State terrorist group.
by Frances Martel12 Mar 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

The 52 Assyrian Christian families who were among hundreds of hostages captured by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have not been released as reported, according to the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA).
by Edwin Mora12 Mar 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

Fears grow of Shia revenge killings in Iraq; Russia plans military development, including nuclear weapons, in Crimea
by John J. Xenakis12 Mar 2015, 6:08 AM PST0

The Twitter account of a Melbourne, Australia, teen nicknamed the “White Jihadi” has been suspended after he tweeted about coming attacks that would “make 9/11 look like child’s play.”
by AWR Hawkins11 Mar 2015, 10:13 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is in complete control of the Libyan port city of Sirte, confirms The New York Times (NYT).
by Edwin Mora11 Mar 2015, 8:20 PM PST0

WASHINGTON—The highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. armed forces, while testifying before lawmakers on Wednesday, linked a Taliban faction in Afghanistan to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Edwin Mora11 Mar 2015, 7:19 PM PST0

Protesters heckled Secretary of State John Kerry’s Senate testimony for the Authorization of Use of Military Force on Wednesday. Secretary Kerry responded sternly.
by John Hayward11 Mar 2015, 3:06 PM PST0

WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) accused the Obama administration of restricting its role in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria to secure a nuclear deal with Iran.
by Edwin Mora11 Mar 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi joined others in calling for the destruction of Egypt’s Great Sphinx and Pyramids. In a statement out this week, said it is a Muslim’s “religious duty” to destroy the monuments. The monuments are the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World still in existence.
by Mary Chastain11 Mar 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

The Kurdish town of Kobane opened up the first school since the town was liberated from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in January.
by Mary Chastain11 Mar 2015, 10:53 AM PST0

Harvard faculty and the local police were alerted to the activities of an unidentified man allegedly soliciting donations last week for a charity connected to ISIS at the Kennedy School of Government, a graduate division of Harvard University.
by John Hayward11 Mar 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Kurdish news agency Rudaw tells the poignant story of Teleskof, a Christian town of some 4,000 souls in the Nineveh Plains evacuated last August before the advance of ISIS, save for two elderly women named Sarya Matto and Madi Salim, who adamantly refused to leave their home.
by John Hayward11 Mar 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Former Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) hostage Nicolas Henin, 39, spoke out recently about his ten months with the jihadist group. He told the BBC the militants enjoyed Teletubbies and Game of Thrones. He also claimed there were some who could not come to terms with the blood the group spills on an almost daily basis.
by Mary Chastain11 Mar 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

NBC News reports the latest ISIS recruitment video features “two deaf and mute fighters communicating in sign language in what analysts said was an attempt to demonstrate ‘normal’ life for everyone under the brutal terrorist group’s domination.”
by John Hayward10 Mar 2015, 9:08 PM PST0

A French Policewoman and four others have been arrested on suspicions that they were linked to Amedy Coulibaly, the jihadi gunman who carried out an attack on a Kosher supermarket in Paris in January.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 8:34 PM PST0

Military forces from Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon have now encircled Boko Haram forces and are trying to capture the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, alive.
by AWR Hawkins10 Mar 2015, 8:02 PM PST0

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sat down with Fox News’s Bret Baier on Monday and discussed a variety of issues concerning the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 7:38 PM PST0

WASHINGTON—Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC), the chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, released a manual to help Americans prepare for terrorist attacks and cyber crimes.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 5:34 PM PST0

Last month, the Islamic State’s magazine Dabiq included an “interview” with a prisoner named Muhammad Said Ismail Musallam, who was supposedly a spy recruited by Israeli intelligence. Now it has been followed by a videotaped execution perpetrated by a pistol-packing child.
by John Hayward10 Mar 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, has urged Muslims across the world to use the internet and social media to wage a war on terrorism, reported state-run news agency SPA.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul proposes a bold foreign policy move: arming the Kurds and allowing them to establish their own nation.
by Matthew Boyle10 Mar 2015, 12:27 PM PST0

The Islamic State and its online supporters, furious with social media providers’ efforts to ban their accounts, issued a new round of death threats against Twitter staff — and created their own social media platform.
by John Hayward10 Mar 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

An estimated 95 prisoners, including 30 Kurdish fighters, managed to escape from a prison in Syria run by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), revealed a monitoring group.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 10:44 AM PST0

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll reveals 51 percent of respondents see Hillary Clinton as a return to the past.
by William Bigelow9 Mar 2015, 7:12 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is fraying as the jihadist group fails to fulfill its promise of unifying Muslims of all origins under the caliphate and infighting between rival groups grows, The Washington Post reports.
by Edwin Mora9 Mar 2015, 6:53 PM PST0