Extremism

Jewish community was top target of extremist threats in Belgium in 2025

Belgium’s threat analysis body said Islamist extremism remained the largest threat category, while Jewish groups were the most common target in 2025.

Students take part in a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in Brussels, Belgium May 30, 2024.
 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Jerusalem Day violence exposes dangerous culture of impunity in Israel - opinion

San Diego Police officers block the access to the Islamic Center of San Diego following a shooting in southern California, on May 18, 2026.

Law enforcement was aware of San Diego mosque shooter prior to deadly attack - report

A Police officer guards the Olympic cauldron in Piazza Angelo Dibona on February 07, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Italian teenager re-arrested in Florence for terrorism recruitment


Muslim-majority Tajikistan approves hijab ban - interview

This measure comes as part of a wider policy in the totalitarian state in an attempt to harness and restrain Islamic tendencies in a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

First they came for the Jews, but then... - opinion

The canary is singing, but who’s listening? Jews are raising the alarm, it's high time you pay attention, says writer.

 BRITAIN’S CHIEF Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attends a march in London against the rise of antisemitism in the UK, this past November.

West's protests benefit authoritarian regimes; Is that what you want? - opinion

It cannot be that 79 years after the end of World War II and the Holocaust that the United States and Europe are tolerating protest movements that benefit today’s threats to freedom, says writer.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow, in December. Iran and Russia have both offered statements of support for the US campus protests and public demonstrations in Europe, the writer notes.

Students for Justice in Palestine receive funding through Hamas-linked orgs, new research suggests

The report claimed that student governments and universities were leaving SJP unchecked, allowing the group to pose a "threat to the safety and well-being of Jewish and pro-Israel individuals."

Students protest in front of the Pantheon in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Paris, France, May 3, 2024.

Halachic State vs Caliphate: How do Jewish extremists differ from Islamist extremists? - opinion

Each fundamentalist movement presents to its followers a vision of a state of religious law between the river Jordan and the sea - a Halachic State or an Islamic Caliphate.

A scene from the documentary series The Jewish Underground,

Intolerance strikes again: Likud activist verbally assaults October 7 victims' families

Among the harsh things he said, he called the families "Hamas supporters" and "oppressors of Israel."

 Supporters of hostages take part in a protest calling for their release, in Tel Aviv

'Whoever died at Nova was fat'; PE teacher rants about October 7 during class

The school explained that the statement about the Nova music festival was said in order to encourage the students to exercise in class.

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

Could Islamists, jihadists turn Bangladesh into neo-Taliban state?

Terror org. BNP aims to establish Sharia Law in Bangladesh with the backing of Islamist allies, potentially making the state an antisemitic caliphate. The Biden administration supports the BNP.

 Anti-militancy elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Bangladesh.

Recent political shifts show battles for national identity - opinion

Leaders who genuinely understand citizens’ concerns and commit to protecting their unique values, developed and passed on through succeeding generations, are likely to prevail.

 GEERT WILDERS, leader of the PVV party, gestures as he meets with party members at the Dutch Parliament, in The Hague, after last month’s parliamentary elections

Hamas, Nazis, ISIS: Extremism and its dangerous allure - opinion

The Hamas killers relished in their carnage, taking a page out of the ISIS playbook by photographing their atrocities and sharing them via social media.

SARA  J. BLOOMFIELD speaks at the ‘What You Do Matters’ dinner in New York, in 2019.