Islamism

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

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

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins hundreds of union members and others in a Labor Day rally and march in Lower Manhattan near the September 11 Memorial site on September 08, 2026, in New York City.

'Don't show your face': 9/11 victims' families demand Mamdani skip World Trade Center ceremony

Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker arrives to attend the EU Summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on June 19, 2026.

Austrian gov’t begins work on constitutional ban of ‘Political Islam'


Trump’s ‘defeat’ of Hamas is a shallow peace - opinion

Israel’s jihadi enemies remain dedicated to ritual violence and corollary conceptualizations of terror as religious sacrifice. No awareness of this can be found in Trump's plan for regional peace.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks aboard Air Force One, returning to the US in October 2025 after a trip to Israel and a world summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on ending the Israel-Hamas War.

Israel has too much to lose to be afraid of condemning the Muslim Brotherhood - editorial

The Brotherhood does not only represent an alternative political ideology; all too often, it has served as a veil for radicalization and terror.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a national protest for Gaza, outside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025.

Rubio instructs US diplomats to urge host gov'ts to restrict immigration - report

Diplomats were given talking points, including naming displacement and sexual assault as an impact of mass migration or the prevalence of radical Islam among certain populations.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to journalists at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport after the G7 foreign ministers meeting, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 12, 2025.

Taxpayer-funded Swedish schools tied to Islamist extremist welfare fraud - report

A Swedish investigation finds over 1 billion kronor in taxpayer-backed preschool and school funds siphoned to an Islamist-linked welfare fraud network.

A Swedish classroom; illustrative.

What will Zohran Mamdani's socialist policies and Muslim faith mean for NYC's future? - opinion

When their new mayor cannot disavow the call for a global intifada, how can they feel secure, knowing that his benefactors are those who hate them the most?

LINDA SARSOUR: She reportedly has already vowed to make sure Zohran Mamdani ‘doesn’t backtrack on his radical campaign policies,’ and boasts that she and a Hamas-linked nonprofit helped fuel his rise, says the writer.

Britain’s shah moment: Lessons from Iran, warnings from Yemen - opinion

I did not see the shah fall, but I did see Yemen crumble. I watched as the same slow rot settled in. It began quietly, almost imperceptibly. Sermons grew sharper, more radical, but went unchallenged.

 A man holds a placard shaped like a key during a pro-Palestinian rally calling for the UK government to stop allowing arms exports and military co-operation with Israel, in London, Britain, June 21, 2025.

Germany urges mosque association to cut ties with Erdogan over 'antisemitism, Islamist agendas'

The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) has around 1,000 mosques in Germany, and is sometimes called the 'long arm of Erdogan.'

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025.

The end of the Muslim Brotherhood, but the birth of neo-jihadism - opinion

Ahmed al-Sharaa is engineering neo-jihadism: a new hybrid ideology that fuses the political tactics of the Muslim Brotherhood and the violent rigor of al-Qaeda and ISIS.

SYRIAN PRESIDENT Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the opening of the Damascus International Fair, the first held since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in Damascus, last week. ‘Sharaa is engineering something I call neo-jihadism,’ says the writer.

The Mideast’s victimhood: How Gaza dominates the Arab world and ignores other crises - opinion

The Arab media’s overwhelming focus on Gaza, portrayed as the ultimate test of Arab commitment to justice and freedom. ignores crises in Yemen, Sudan, Syria, and more.

Demonstrators carry flags as they take part in a protest against the hunger crisis in Gaza, in Sidon, Lebanon July 25, 2025

Activist arrested for blasphemy in Morocco for 'Allah is a lesbian' T-shirt photo

Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco over allegations of blasphemy.

Ibtissame Lachgar wearing a top reading that Allah is a lesbian.