Two female suicide bombers are believed to have been responsible for multiple explosions at a presidential election rally in northeast Nigeria on Monday. President Goodluck Jonathan himself is reported to have narrowly missed the blast, while many suspect the hand of radical Islamist group Boko Haram was involved in the terrorist incident.
Norway’s TV2 interviewed Norwegian 14-year-old Hussein Abbas in Iraq to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). His father Abbas al-Asadi leads the Shia militia.
Concerns have arisen over the perceived teaching of Islam in California’s seventh grade school curriculum.
Qatari-owned news channel Al-Araby Al-Jadeed launched from London on January 25, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising that led to the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak and the installation of a Muslim Brotherhood regime in Cairo.
The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) continues to purge anything they deem to defy Islam in Mosul, Iraq, which they captured in June 2014. In December, they raided the Central Library of Mosul to destroy all non-Islamic books.
The government of Egypt has designated the Al Qassam Brigades– the armed wing of the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group Hamas– as a terrorist organization.
On Friday, Los Angeles became home to the first mosque in the United States to be dedicated solely to women, marking the first time the traditional Friday call to prayer (jumma’a) and subsequent sermon (khutbah) was led by a female. While female-only mosques exist in China, this is the first of its kind in America.
Authorities in Mumbai, India, arrested Shirin Dalvi, editor of the Uru Daily Avadhnama newspaper, for printing a cartoon from Charlie Hebdo. It appeared on the front page of the January 17 edition. Residents in Mumbra in Thane complained to the police about the cartoon.
The Obama administration “has given the Iranians 80 percent of what they want” in the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program with the P5+1 nations, according to an Israel Channel 10 news report.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, hailed as a moderate voice andwelcomed by officials in the Obama administration just this week, issued separate statements on its English and Arabic websites this week that appear to contradict each other.
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, now known as the Sinai Province after pledging loyalty to the Islamic State (ISIS), has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Thursday throughout the Sinai that resulted in the deaths of dozens.
A Saudi Imam has followed the footsteps of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and delivered an extensive sermon proclaiming that Muslims had initially discovered America, and that Christopher Columbus’ voyage there was a plot to kill pre-Columbian Muslims.
Nigerian authorities claim Boko Haram plans to use livestock, with the help of young males, as suicide bombers.
An official U.S. State Department transcript revealed that Georgetown University had “organized and funded” a recent trip for members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood to the United States.
Boko Haram jihadists have reportedly closed in on the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which has an estimated population of two million, along with another 200,000 who are currently taking refuge within its borders.
Al Jazeera’s New York and Washington, D.C. journalists have reportedly received strict orders from Qatari management: please don’t use the words “terrorist,” “militant,” “Islamist,” “jihad” and “extremist” in your reporting.
The Pajhwok Afghan News reported the Taliban captured Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leader Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim along with 45 supporters. The United States detained Khadim at Guantanamo Bay, but released him to Afghanistan in 2007.
The House of Representatives’ senior ranking Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, said on Wednesday she was concerned that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the U.S. Congress in March, it may result in negative ramifications for the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran.
Photos have emerged on social media purportedly showing a Boko Haram-held child soldier indoctrination/training camp. The pictures in question, posted on a Boko Haram-supporting Twitter page, show young children in formation and aiming AK-47 rifles.
London’s world famous Victoria and Albert museum, which houses a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects of decorative art and design, has bowed to pressure from extremists by removing a depiction of Mohamed from its website. The move comes
Over 10,000 Palestinian teenagers recently attended a terror camp hosted by the Gaza-based Al Qassam Brigades, which is the armed wing of the Hamas Palestinian terror group.
Felix Siauw, an Indonesian Islamic cleric with over 1.1 million Twitter followers, took to the social media site in order to declare that women who take selfies are “shameless” and “unpure.”
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) continues to execute doctors in Mosul, Iraq, who refuse to treat wounded jihadists returning from the front lines. The terrorist group reportedly murdered ten more doctors this week.
Over 30,000 people descended upon Karachi, Pakistan, to protest against the Mohammed cartoons published in Charlie Hebdo. It was the country’s largest rally against the satirical newspaper, where two gunmen slaughtered twelve people on January 7.
Breitbart Texas confirmed Tuesday that “an Islamic Tribunal using Sharia law” is indeed operating in Texas. But not to worry: an attorney for the tribunal assures us that participation is “voluntary,” and one of the Sharia judges, Dr. Taher El-badawi, says it’s devoted only to “non-binding dispute resolution.”
