Jihadis

Terror groups groom and recruit children online, exploiting Roblox, Discord, and Minecraft - NYT

Counterterrorism experts say the speed of online recruitment is outpacing government response, as some minors shift between ideologies, from white supremacism to jihadist content.

|BySHIR PERETS
In this photo illustration, young children hold an iPhone while using the online game platform Roblox on November 19, 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Shahid Butt, a former jihadi convicted of terrorism offences in Yemen, has announced he will run as an independent candidate in Birmingham’s upcoming local elections.

Ex jihadi fighter Shahid Butt launches bid for Birmingham council seat

Butt was convicted in 1999 for his alleged involvement in a plot targeting the British consulate, a church, and a hotel in Aden, Yemen.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 3, 2024. Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, M

As US moves against the Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East pays close attention - analysis

Regional governments are responding cautiously to Washington’s move against the Muslim Brotherhood, as concerns grow over its effect on regional balance and influence.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i

Why are tensions flaring again between Afghanistan and Pakistan? - explainer

Taliban claim Pakistani air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 9 children and a woman. Tensions rise amid cross-border attacks and accusations involving militants and India.

|ByREUTERS

Hamas and Boko Haram: Why do students support the worst humans on Earth? - opinion

That expensively educated university students – among them Jews – are aligning themselves with the bigoted, murderous, antisemitic Boko Haram-like Hamas is ludicrous and evil.

JUNE 1, 2024ByBARBARA SOFER
A PARENT waits outside the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Nigeria, in Dec. 2020, after Boko Haram abducted hundreds of students. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-Israel activists argue IDF mistranslated Arabic in footage of abduction of Israeli women

The debate is over the word "sabaya," which, depending on its spelling and slight pronunciation differences, can mean either young woman or sex slave.

MAY 25, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement seen next to a memorial named “Shehab Field,” a drone made by al-Qassam, in Gaza City, September 21, 2022.

Palestinian terrorism is not about self-determination - opinion

In today’s jihad-oriented Middle East, Islamic faith is being placed in the defiling service of terror-violence.

APRIL 2, 2024ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
The IDF guards the Israel-Gaza border. Not only would a Palestinian state fail to inhibit or halt Palestinian terrorism, it would render such grievous wrongdoings increasingly likely and still more injurious, the writer argues.

Vladimir Putin is appeasing jihadists - opinion

Putin's utter disregard for what jihadism represents was laid bare last November when Moscow officially hosted a Hamas delegation headed by Mousa Abu Marzuk.

MARCH 29, 2024ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Workers remove debris inside the burnt-out Crocus City Hall following last week's deadly attack on the concert venue outside Moscow.

Hamas's Haniyeh: Donations to Palestinians, Gaza are 'financial jihad'

"Brothers and sisters, the whole world is pouring weapons on the occupation," Haniyeh told a conference in Qatar. "The whole world is not afraid to do so."

MARCH 7, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2023.

US man charged for attempt to aid terror after October 7 attack on Israel

The 23-year-old has been charged with "attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization," which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

DECEMBER 30, 2023ByREUTERS
An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows Somalia's al Shabaab militant group's flag, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020.

Sweden to expel man behind recent Koran burning demos - TV4

Anti-Islam activists have burned several copies of the Koran in Sweden and Denmark.

OCTOBER 26, 2023ByREUTERS
Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a religious and political party, burn a Swedish flag during a protest to denounce the desecration of Koran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital Stockholm, in Karachi, Pakistan July 7, 2023.

Bodies of 28 men found shot dead in Burkina Faso - prosecutors

The killings happened against the background of an Islamist insurgency spreading from Burkina Faso's neighbouring Mali.

JANUARY 3, 2023ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Jihad in Latin America: Illicit activities in the region fund Hezbollah

The presence of jihadist groups in Latin America could grow due the region's tilt to the left.

OCTOBER 19, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
SUPPORTERS OF Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gather in a convoy of motorbikes marking ‘Resistance and Liberation Day’, near the Lebanese border with Israel, in May.

Inter-rebel clashes resume in northwest Syria after collapse of truce

Intense fighting raged near rugged terrain around Kafr Jana village in northern Aleppo where both sides sent reinforcements.

OCTOBER 17, 2022ByREUTERS
Demonstrators hold a Syrian opposition flag during a protest against Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's comments on reconciliation of the opposition with the Syrian government, in the rebel-held city of Azaz, Syria August 12, 2022.