Islamists

US Treasury sanctions Turkish, British-based Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas financial networks

Washington imposed fresh sanctions targeting what it described as a transnational Hamas financing network, including Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and a Turkish trading company.

|ByJAMES GENN
An illustrative image of a silhouette over the backdrop of the Hamas flag.
Motorists drive their vehicles past a political billboard featuring US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz along Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 26.PremiumPremium

By mistaking delay for diplomacy, the West is again falling into Iran's negotiation trap - analysis

Every ceasefire offers Iran another opportunity to rebuild, while the West mistakes delay for diplomacy

|ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF
King Abdullah II of Jordan. Analysts say that the return of the death penalty is intended to send a clear message of deterrence as the kingdom grapples with multiple internal and external challenges.PremiumPremium

'Killing security officers is a red line': Why Jordan brought back the death penalty

The execution of six men convicted of killing security officers in June signals Amman’s tough new approach to terrorism, drug trafficking, and threats to the kingdom’s stability

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
Israeli paratroopers and US Army soldiers in a joint Israeli-US military Juniper Cobra exercise at the Tze’elim Urban Warfare Training Center base in southern Israel in 2018.PremiumPremium

The future of US-Israel ties depends on America's Middle East strategy - analysis

The strength of America’s partnership with Israel will depend on strategic foresight, regional stability, and a shared understanding

|ByERIC R. MANDEL

There is no such thing as a good jihadist: Western media is downplaying HTS's brutality - opinion

Whether it is HTS in Syria or Hamas in Gaza, these groups are genocidal fundamentalists. There is no such thing as a good jihadist.

MARCH 14, 2025ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA, DAVID MAYOFIS
YASER FARHAN, spokesperson for a Syrian committee responsible for investigating the attacks in the Latakia area, holds a news conference in Damascus this week.

Is Europe starting to understand the Islamic threat? - opinion

Europe may also be starting to understand and justify Israel’s struggle against terrorism.

MARCH 3, 2025ByMEMY PEER
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, is illuminated with the colours of the Israeli flag to show solidarity with Israel

Syrians back freedoms, constitutional process at landmark dialog

Five members of the seven-strong preparatory committee are either in HTS or close to the group, and there are no Druze or Alawite members, both of which are significant minorities in Syria.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByREUTERS
Attendees gather during a national dialogue, a key milestone in the transition to a new political system after decades of Assad rule, in Damascus, Syria February 25, 2025.

Mulhouse terrorist had previously been jailed for October 7 support, French minister reveals

"In 2023, he was arrested a few weeks after the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, and convicted for promoting terrorism," Retailleau said on X Sunday.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A police car is seen in front of the market Marche du Canal Couvert, after a deadly knife attack the day before, in Mulhouse, eastern France, February 23, 2025.

Salman Rushdie's attacker found guilty of attempted murder

Rushdie, 77, was stabbed with a knife multiple times in the head, neck, torso and left hand, blinding his right eye and damaging his liver and intestines.

FEBRUARY 21, 2025ByREUTERS
Defendant Hadi Matar arrives for his trial on charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault dating to an attack on Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, at Chautauqua County Court in Mayville, New York, US February 11, 2025

Australian Muslim leaders: Reaction to nurses threatening Israelis 'manufactured moral panic'

A statement signed by AFIC, Hizb Ut-Tahrir Australia, The Muslim Vote and dozens of others charged that the overwhelming response to the video was 'calculated and politically motivated outrage.'

FEBRUARY 18, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Two Australian nurses who were suspended for saying they would, and have already killed Israeli pateints, February 12, 2025.

Afghan national confesses to Munich car ramming that injured 36, prosecutor says

At least 36 people including a toddler were hurt on Thursday when the 24-year-old man plowed into demonstrators gathered in the city center.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByREUTERS
Firefighters work at the scene where a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd, in what the Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder said was probably an attack, in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025.

46 Years of tyranny: How Iran's Islamic Revolution betrayed its promises - opinion

Anything that was and is against Western culture and tradition is embraced by certain influential intellectuals.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025ByAFSHIN ELLIAN
AN UNDATED picture handed out by the PA shows Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini during a meeting in Tehran

Hizb ut Tahrir Canada moves caliphate conference online after backlash

Advertisements and registration links were removed from the Hizb ut Tahrir Canada website and social media, but new ones have since been published.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Hizb ut-Tahrir Canada's logo.

Can Trump leverage Middle East dynamics to secure lasting peace? – opinion

Trump’s Middle East approach means he will have to navigate complex Islamist dynamics tests.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByERIC R. MANDEL
AFTER HIS confirmation as US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington last week. He and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz recognize that each Islamist entity requires special handling; there is no one-size-fits-all negotiation, says the writer.