Islamists

'Unconscionable': Human rights activist decry EU visas for Taliban officials

Since its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has steadily rolled back on women’s rights, banning girls from age 13 from attending school, legalizing domestic violence and child marriage.

Taliban delegates arrive to meet with US and European delegates in Doha, Qatar, last week.
 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Qatari media fueled global antisemitism after Oct. 7 - the world must take notice - opinion

Text reading "7 July 2005 Opposite this Place A Bus Was Bombed Killing" is displayed on the memorial to victims of the London Bombing in Tavistock Square on June 02, 2025 in London; illustrative.

UK charity regulator allowing Islamist, Iran-backed hate to spread, victims say - report

Members of the Lebanese police gather outside Baabda prison, Lebanon, November 21, 2020.

Sectarian violence, divides on display in Lebanon as Beirut moves on General Amnesty Law


Revolution at our doorstep: The Left’s dance with Islamofascism - opinion

The time for hesitation is over. The only question that remains is whether we have the courage to see this revolution before it triumphs and to stop it while we still can.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Sa'ar: Europe needs to decide if it is on Israel's or radical Islam's side

This was in response to Danish PM Frederiksen telling Jyllands-Posten that Netanyahu is personally a problem and that Israel is going too far. Sa'ar called this 'disrespectful to Israeli democracy.'

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

Foreign Islamist fighters petition Syria's Sharaa for citizenship

Rewarding them with Syrian citizenship could alienate Syrians and foreign states whose support the new government.

Bedouin families ride in a vehicle with belongings as they leave the village of Al-Mazraa, in Sweida, Syria, July 21, 2025

Sharaa's Islamist army fuels Syria's descent into sectarian slaughter

BEHIND THE LINES: In just eight months of Sunni Islamist rule in Syria, already three large-scale incidents of sectarian violence have taken place.

 Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025.

Europe is not 'Islamizing,' but the threat to Jews and Europe's liberal soul is real - opinion

In France, Belgium, Sweden, and beyond, many Jews have come to fear that radical Islamist ideology is allowed to fester unchallenged under the very freedoms meant to preserve open society.

A PROTESTER holds a Palestinian flag, on top of an underground station, at a rally in Berlin, marking a year since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, last October. Talk to some Jews, and you will hear them say that Europe has become inhospitable to Jews, says the writer.

Islamist antisemitism goes beyond Israeli-Palestinian conflict, CEG report argues

The central argument of the near-100 page report is that it is futile to rationalize (or attempt to rationalize) Islamist antisemitism as a response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 28, 2023.

The ‘flower in the trash’: An Egyptian exile’s fight for truth and freedom - interview

Dalia Ziada: If we want to bring peace to the Middle East, there are three key players they need to focus on and find ways to make them work together: Israel, Egypt, and Jordan.

 Dalia Ziada

Syrian government forces raid Islamic State hideouts in Aleppo

A security source said the raids had targeted sleeper cells in four locations. One Islamic State terrorist had blown himself up, and another had been killed in clashes, the source said.

 Syrian army personnel travel in a military vehicle as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.

Tens of thousands of Islamists take to Dhaka streets to protest women's rights legislation

Protesters claimed “men and women can never be equal,” according to Human Rights Watch.

Demonstrators carry flags during a protest rally called March for Gaza, to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 12, 2025.

Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood, seizes assets over sabotage plot

Muslim Brotherhood members have led some of the largest protests in the region in support of their ideological allies, Hamas.

 Jordanian police stand outside the Islamic Action Front office in Amman, Jordan April 23, 2025.