Posts Tagged: Islamic terrorism

Could Syria Become the Next Afghanistan?
As a high school student, I’m constantly reminded of the threats posed to me and my peers. Whether it’s the devastating reality of school shootings...

Activist in 35th Day of Hunger Strike Pushes UK to Designate IRGC a Terror Group
JNS.org - On April 15, 2019, the United States officially recognized Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “foreign terrorist organization.” The IRGC’s “support for...

The Battle for a Moderate Islam
Proponents of a moderate Islam that embraces tolerance, diversity, and pluralism, may be betting on the wrong horse by supporting Muslim scholars who serve in...

Don’t Believe the Rhetoric on Terrorism and Radical Islam
The extension of US gestures and concessions to Islamic terrorists, and the waiving of a US military option while negotiating with Iran's regime of terror,...

ISIS Propaganda in the Time of Coronavirus
The Islamic State (ISIS) has been working since its establishment in 2014 to transform territory and society, restore Muslim honor, and impose the so-called utopia...

Radical Islam: Terrorism as Power Over Death
Opposing terrorism, especially jihadist terror, has become a continuous security obligation for the US, Europe, and of course Israel. Still, too little serious analytic attention...

It’s Islamic Terrorism, Stupid!
JNS.org - Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Matteo Salvini was blasted by members of his government and the media on Tuesday...

Not All Parents Love Their Children Equally
I am always hesitant to make comparisons between current events and Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Still, we can sometimes find echoes of the past...

Pakistan and Its Militants: Who Is Mainstreaming Whom?
Pakistani militants of various stripes collectively won just under 10 percent of the vote in the July 2018 parliamentary elections. Some represented longstanding legal Islamist...

Jihadism, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the ‘Frontier-States’
Many analysts, in their eagerness to trace the origins of the radicalization of Islam, look to the rise of the theocratic Shiite regime in Iran...

The Seductive Appeal of Jihadist Terror in Israel — and Around the World
While the professional literature on terrorism and counter-terrorism devotes considerable attention to martyrdom and jihad, not much has pertained to critically underlying promises of immortality....

Exploring Shariah Law and Radical Islam
One of academia’s most renowned experts on Islam, John Esposito, wants everyone to know that there is nothing to fear from Shariah law and that...

How Modernity Empowered Islamism
Islamism is one of the most astonishing phenomena of the last 50 years. Whereas in the Western world and Asia, religion has retreated from the...

Israel’s Neighbors Among Most Dangerous Countries for Christians, New Report Says
JNS.org - Most of Israel’s neighbors, including Egypt, Jordan, Syria and the Palestinian territories, are among the most dangerous places in the world for Christians, a...