Islamism

Security has ramped up in Jordan after deadly terror attack on church killed seven, US embassy says

Such attacks are extremely rare in Jordan, though authorities in the US ally say that in recent years they have repeatedly foiled attempted attacks by Islamist militants.

People and police gather outside of Al-Karak Government Hospital, where some of the injured are receiving treatment after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at Hamoud Church, in Karak, Jordan, October 23, 2026.
Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students,

Extremists could exploit France's protests without organizing them, expert says

Schoolchildren attend class at the Zamalka mixed school on April 16, 2025 in the village of Jobar, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria; Illustrative.

Syrian textbooks show pan-Arab content replaced by Islamist ideology, IMPACT-se finds

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrives at Belem Palace to meet with Portuguese President, in Lisbon on February 11, 2025.

Pakistan president imposes emergency in province ruled by ex-PM Imran Khan’s party


Reform's Suella Braverman: UK antisemitism ‘not going to get better’ amid systemic Islamism crisis

ANTISEMITISM AFFAIRS: Former UK home secretary Suella Braverman warned that antisemitism will worsen without political change, accusing British leaders of failing to confront Islamist extremism.

Britain's Reform UK party spokesperson for Education, Skills and Equalities, Suella Braverman, looks on as she speaks to the media during the Reform UK party conference, in Birmingham, Britain, September 4, 2026

Hezbollah receives $200 million cash infusion from Iran to support families tied to terror group

Hezbollah received the cash last month despite a tightening US economic chokehold on Iran and increasing difficulties in getting funds to Tehran's Lebanese ally.

Hezbollah flag mural provides backdrop for gun-wielding shadows.

Mali troops re-enter strategic northern town in years-long fight against insurgents

The goals of the operations included neutralizing armed groups operating in the area, destroying their supply networks and restoring "lasting security" and free movement for people and goods.

Motorcycles line up near a closed petrol station, amid ongoing fuel shortages caused by a blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked insurgents in early September, in Bamako, Mali, October 31, 2025.

Islamist group campaigns against Christian West Bank school over hijab restriction on deaf student

The Popular Movement to Overturn CEDAW claimed that the Ephpheta Paul VI Institute prevented a student from attending classes while wearing an Islamic head covering.

Students walk through the school of the "Our Lady of Visitation" Catholic church in the Palestinian town of Zababdeh in the northern West Bank, on April 10, 2025.

Confronting Islamism: What America must do at home and abroad - opinion

Qatar’s influence, campus anti-Zionism, and the growing convergence between Islamist and progressive politics demand a strategy that confronts radical ideology without compromising American freedoms.

Healy Hall at Georgetown University with the Qatari flag above it

'This is how we win': US counterterrorism chief on Iran, Hamas and Trump’s 'will to act'

COUNTERTERRORISM AFFAIRS: US President Donald Trump's counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka speaks to the ‘Post’ about Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and October 7.

ARMED SUPPORTERS of the Islamic Republic take part in a military parade and training exercise in Tehran as Iranian forces prepared supporters for the possibility of renewed conflict with the United States and Israel. Sebastian Gorka told the ‘Post’ that Iran would be ‘imminently resolved.’

'Hiding in plain sight': Political Islamism is exploiting America's freedoms - opinion

Political Islamism is exploiting America’s democratic freedoms and institutions. Washington must recognize the threat before it becomes too deeply entrenched to uproot

The Statue of Liberty stands in the foreground as the ‘Tribute in Light’ public art installation commemorating the September 11, 2001, attacks shines from the Lower Manhattan skyline on September 11, 2026.
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Scholars launch 'Infidel Awareness Month,' to run annually from September 11 to October 7

By reclaiming and analyzing terms like "infidel" (kafir), the daily releases aim to dismantle the public's blind spots regarding how extremist groups categorize non-Muslim populations.

Supporters of a political group cheer after destroying a vehicle believed to contain firearms during the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), outside Sero Central Elementary School, Cotabato City, Philippines, September 14, 2026.

Mahsa Amini's legacy, four years after her murder by Iran's morality police - editorial

“Women’s problems are not limited to the hijab,” Fattahi said. “Freedom does not simply mean having the freedom to choose whether or not to wear a hijab. This is the most basic of women’s rights.”

A woman hand holds a sign with drawings of a lion and an Iranian woman and the slogan Woman Life Freedom in Paris in France on January 18, 2026. Demonstration in support of the Iranian uprising against the Islamic and in favor of the return of Reza Pahlavi.

On This Day: Remembering the September 11 terror attacks in New York, 25 years later

The attacks sparked the NATO-allied US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and began the global war on terror.

Smoke pours from the World Trade Center after being hit by two planes, in New York City, September 11, 2001