Articles for Islamic Groups

How Authoritarian Oppression Breeds Religious Extremism in Central Asia
6 months ago

How Authoritarian Oppression Breeds Religious Extremism in Central Asia

The Diplomat  

For centuries, Central Asia has served as a major center of Islamic culture and civilization. Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev sought to isolate Central Asia from the Muslim world and replace Islam with Soviet-backed doctrines of communism and atheism by such measures as closing or destroying mosques and religious schools, burning veils in public, and discontinuing Islamic Shariah …

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Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 30 a day before parliamentary elections
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 30 a day before parliamentary elections

Associated Press  

QUETTA, Pakistan — Bombs ripped through two separate political offices in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people, officials said, a day before the country was set to elect a new parliament. Shortly after, another bombing killed at least 12 people at the Jamiat Ulema Islam party office in Qilla Saifullah, about 130 kilometers away, according to Jan …

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Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah meets Hamas, Islamic Jihad officials
1 year, 1 month ago

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah meets Hamas, Islamic Jihad officials

The Hindu  

“Senior officials of Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have held talks with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah about achieving “real victory” in their war with Israel,” the Lebanese group said on October 25. The Hezbollah statement did not specify when or where Nasrallah met with Hamas number two Saleh al-Aruri and Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nakhaleh beyong saying that …

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Fatah gives deadline for handover of general’s killers amid fragile truce in Lebanon refugee camp
1 year, 3 months ago

Fatah gives deadline for handover of general’s killers amid fragile truce in Lebanon refugee camp

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group said Sunday that Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp until the end of the month to hand over the accused killers of a Fatah general. Azzam al-Ahmad, a member of Fatah’s central committee and of the Executive Committee of …

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UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year
1 year, 3 months ago

UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report. The experts cited some sources as saying the government believes that …

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Minnesota college head to retire after Islamic art dispute
1 year, 8 months ago

Minnesota college head to retire after Islamic art dispute

The Independent  

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Counterterrorism boss hid concerns about covert investigations into Islamic groups
2 years ago

Counterterrorism boss hid concerns about covert investigations into Islamic groups

NL Times  

The former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, Dick Schoof, was not forthcoming about concerns his staff had about a covert program to gather intelligence about mosques operating in the Netherlands, according to new research by NRC. The office of the NCTV paid for municipalities in the country to hire a private investigation firm to carry out undercover operations to …

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IS leader stayed hidden as he rebuilt his group from defeat
2 years, 10 months ago

IS leader stayed hidden as he rebuilt his group from defeat

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The leader of the Islamic State group, killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria, was a veteran insider and top ideologue of the extremist movement, believed to have played a key role in one of its most horrific atrocities: the enslavement of thousands of women from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority. Like his predecessor, al-Qurayshi spent his …

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