Category: Islamic extremism

PREMIERING NOW: What will happen when Trump-era Title 42 border policy ends | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 98

In response to the Supreme Court blocking the lifting of Title 42, which was used by the Trump administration to declare a medical emergency to prevent illegal aliens from entering the country, Larry Elder reminds America: it was the Biden administration that filed a lawsuit in order to get title 42 lifted. And during the…


The Ongoing War on Arab Christians and Western Complicity

Commentary Christianity faces the possibility of disappearing in the Middle East, where its roots go back to the death of Jesus Christ. A century ago, Christians comprised 20 percent of the region’s population. Today, they are less than four percent. Moreover, as noted by Barbara Kay, a Canadian columnist, “we are seeing mass exoduses of Christians…


4 Held as French Investigate Suspected Islamic Terrorist Attack Killing Policewoman Inside Station

RAMBOUILLET, France—French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others after a policewoman was fatally stabbed by man shouting “Allahu akbar!” while she was on duty inside a police station outside Paris. French police killed the Tunisian suspect in the Friday slaying of an unarmed administrative employee at the entrance of her…


Australian Spy Chief Stands by Decision to Drop ‘Islamic’ Label for ‘Religiously Motivated’ Extremism

Australia’s domestic spy chief is standing by the agency’s decision to drop the sensitive term “Islamic extremism” to “religiously motivated violent extremism,” saying such activity was not limited to one religion. Mike Burgess, the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), did concede, though that Islamic extremism was the leading motivator behind recent terrorist…


Australian Spy Agency’s Decision to Drop ‘Left-Right,’ ‘Islamic’ Label, Highlights the Divisive Power of Words

Australia’s domestic spy agency’s decision to drop sensitive labels such as “left-right” and “Islamic extremism” has received a mixed reaction, with one religious expert saying the shift to broader terminology could inadvertently mislead public perception of extremist behaviour. Last week, Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), delivered the Annual Threat…


Australian Spy Agency to Drop ‘Islamic,’ ‘Left-Right’ Labels in Describing Evolving Extremist Threats

Australia’s domestic spy agency will no longer use terms such as ‘left-wing,’ ‘right-wing,’ and ‘Islamic extremism’ when describing potential terrorist or security threats to the nation. During the agency’s Annual Threat Assessment, Burgess said the left-right and Islamic labels were “no longer fit for purpose”, and the agency would, instead, use the categories “religiously motivated…


German Police Raid Suspected Islamic Extremists in Berlin

BERLIN—Hundreds of German police officers conducted coordinated raids early Thursday in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg in the investigation of an organization banned over allegations of Islamic extremism. Some 850 police, including SWAT teams, were involved in the raids of apartments linked to members of the organization known as Jama’atu Berlin, the state…