Posts Tagged: Islamic State terror
Catholic Aid Group Announces $4 Million Aid Package for Iraqi Christians
JNS.org - The Catholic charity organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced a new package of $4 million in assistance for Iraq’s beleaguered...
Report Released on Yom HaShoah Shows 38% Rise in European Antisemitism
JNS.org - There was an "explosion of hatred" against Jews through a dramatic rise in violent anti-Semitic incidents in Europe in 2014, according to...
Australian Principal Tells Students Islamic State Was Created by Israel
The principal of an Islamic school in Melbourne tells his students that the Islamic State terror group was created by Israel and Western countries as...
Egypt’s El-Sisi Reiterates Call for ‘Religious Revolution’ in Islam
JNS.org - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated his call for a "religious revolution" in Islam, in which values of tolerance should be promoted...
Nigerian Terror Group Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to Islamic State
JNS.org - The Nigerian terrorist organization Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terror group. "We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the...
Jordan Hangs Two Iraqi Jihadists in Response to Islamic State Killing Pilot
Reuters - Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing a captured Jordanian...
7 Israeli Arabs Charged With Establishing Local Islamic State Chapter
JNS.org - Seven Arab residents of northern Israel's Galilee region were arrested in December and charged with establishing a local chapter of the Islamic...
Amnesty International Official Compares Israel to Islamic State on Twitter
JNS.org - A senior official with Amnesty International U.K., which recently released a report condemning Israel, compared Israel with the Islamic State terror group...
Iraq’s Assyrian Christians Form Militia to Fight Islamic State
JNS.org - Iraqi Assyrian Christians have formed the country's first Christian militia to defend their ancient villages and to fight the Islamic State terror...
Islamic State Actions in Iraq Are ‘Attempted Genocide,’ Says Catholic Patriarch
JNS.org - Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan called the Islamic State terror group's actions in Iraq "pure and simple religious cleansing and...
Jewish Group: Europe ‘Ripe’ for Islamic State Terrorist Attack
JNS.org - The European Jewish Congress has warned that parts of Europe are "already ripe for a terrorist attack" by the Islamic State terror...
