
The Nigerian army announced Sunday night that it succeeded in freeing 178 Boko Haram hostages, including 101 children, captured a commander of the radical Islamist group, and destroyed several rebel camps during a military operation.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Aug 2015, 5:34 AM PST0

A UKIP lord is writing a new guide to Islam, which he hopes will start a much-needed conversation about the religion and ideology, and help challenge commonly held misconceptions about it. To the anger of the liberal establishment, he has
by Liam Deacon3 Aug 2015, 5:19 AM PST0

The national parliament of Chad has unanimously approved a rigorous anti-terrorism bill that reintroduces the death penalty just six months after its abolition.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Aug 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

A trustworthy source confirmed to Breitbart News that Garland attacker Nadir Hamid Soofi indeed did not buy a 9mm; however, Soofi did purchase a High Point .380 caliber pistol from that Fast and Furious-associated Phoenix gun dealer in February 2010. This was during the notorious Fast and Furious operation involving a firearms dealer that federal authorities authorized to sell the gun to Soofi.
by Michelle Moons1 Aug 2015, 9:18 PM PST0

Chechen women conned the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) out of almost $3,300 after they pretended to be prospective brides for terrorists. Instead, the three women wanted to use the money for a vacation.
by Mary Chastain1 Aug 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

Turkey Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu visited Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani to discuss Turkey’s plan with the United States to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The talks took place in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
by Mary Chastain30 Jul 2015, 7:14 PM PST0

Kuwaiti authorities have arrested five men who are allegedly connected to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain30 Jul 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently in Beijing, where he met with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday and called for the expansion of bilateral trade. While Chinese state media attempted to make trade the center of the meeting, the international community watched for signs of tension between the two nations given Turkey’s support of China’s Uyghur minority.
by Frances Martel30 Jul 2015, 8:54 AM PST0

Hollywood star Sir Ian McKellen is to narrate a documentary about Muslim drag queens. Britain’s Channel 4 has announced it will air the one-off film giving new insight into clandestine elements of the so-called Gaysian community in the UK. To some Sir Ian may
by Sarkis Zeronian30 Jul 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

A Western New York man is in federal custody after being charged with attempting to join ISIS in the Middle East, the FBI said Wednesday.
by Jordan Schachtel29 Jul 2015, 11:04 AM PST0

Bahraini officials are accusing Iran of providing the weaponry used Tuesday during a deadly terror attack that killed two policeman in the archipelago nation.
by Jordan Schachtel29 Jul 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

Sweden can be proud today to have shed its long standing reputation as ‘the most boring country in the world’. The Nordic state finds itself in the grip of a terrifying crime wave instead, which even ‘new Swedes’ describe as like “being back
by Oliver Lane29 Jul 2015, 4:13 AM PST0

Christians living in the Middle East are facing a dire situation in which comparable circumstances have not been observed for over a millennia, a recent study by the Pew Research Center has found, Christianity Today reports. The outlet notes that Christian populations in the Middle East have dwindled from 14 percent to four percent.
by Jordan Schachtel28 Jul 2015, 10:14 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

CNN last Wednesday ran a viciously mendacious “article” dragging out the “Muslim inventions” myth – yet again. This is hardly new; I wrote of it in 2012. CNN is pushing a new book that is based on 1001 Muslim Inventions, a traveling museum exhibit that has appeared all over the West to huge acclaim from the likes of Prince Charles. It has indoctrinated hundreds of thousands of children into a rosy and romanticized view of Islam that makes them less appreciative of their own culture’s achievements and more complacent about Islamization in the West.
by Pamela Geller26 Jul 2015, 1:55 PM PST0

Turkish Muslim televangelist Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü issued a fatwa to kill any militant associated with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). “If you run across them, slaughter them like you fight with the people of Ad and İrem [two places destroyed by God],” he wrote. “Those who kill them will be awarded and those who are killed by them will be martyrs.”
by Mary Chastain24 Jul 2015, 11:14 AM PST0

A former Egyptian army officer suspected of masterminding the assassination of a top Egyptian prosecutor has released a propaganda video calling for Islamists to declare holy war on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, calling him a “new pharoah” who has overrun the mostly-Muslim country with “sorcerers” looking to change “our religion.”
by Frances Martel24 Jul 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

Saudi Arabia’s infamous Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) arrested a kindergarten official due to a rainbow mural on a school building.
by Mary Chastain24 Jul 2015, 6:40 AM PST0

Britain’s Charity Commission has removed the trustees of an East London mosque and is preparing to replace them with its own candidates after an investigation into allegations the organisation is being used to preach extreme Islam. The Masjid and Madrasah Al-Tawhid Trust,
by Oliver Lane24 Jul 2015, 12:44 AM PST0

The cultural left in Sweden is in a state of confusion after a right wing nationalist group organised a gay pride march through a Muslim neighbourhood. Jan Sjunnesson, former editor-in-chief of Samtiden, the newspaper of the right wing Sweden Democrats,
by Nick Hallett23 Jul 2015, 6:23 AM PST0

Uncovered deep in the archives of Birmingham University, researchers have rediscovered a purported fragment of the Koran, thought to have been produced shortly after the time Mohammed is said to have lived. The artifact, written on either sheep or goatskin,
by Liam Deacon22 Jul 2015, 10:16 AM PST0

A Somali-born former Muslim has said that the “Islamic cancer” currently spreading around the world must be cut out. Aayan Hirsi Ali, the author of three books, the latest of which argues for a Muslim reformation, praised the Prime Minister David
by Donna Rachel Edmunds22 Jul 2015, 5:14 AM PST0

New details are emerging about Monday’s suicide bombing in southeastern Turkey, including the allegation that the Turkish government had intelligence warning about the attack. The explosion took place in the town of Suruc, which is across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani. Both towns are major centers for the region’s Kurdish minority.
by Michael Lucchese21 Jul 2015, 9:01 PM PST0

In a video now going viral, the owner of a Florida gun shop has taken to Facebook to announce his support of the Confederate flag. But that isn’t the only controversial thing in his video.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Jul 2015, 5:33 PM PST0

The discovery of Chattanooga killer Mohammed Youssef Abdulazeez’s diary has given investigators a better look at his past history, and his state of mind at the time he launched his attack on military recruiting and training centers. Blog posts and a text message he wrote shortly before the attack have also provided important clues.
by John Hayward20 Jul 2015, 10:32 AM PST0