Jihad

How jihad learned to speak the West’s language - opinion

The West hears are other words: freedom, justice, liberation, resistance, human rights. Words it knows, loves, and has built its moral identity around. A mind doesn't check where a word comes from.

 TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.
Supporters of a political group cheer after destroying a vehicle believed to contain firearms during the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), outside Sero Central Elementary School, Cotabato City, Philippines, September 14, 2026.

Scholars launch 'Infidel Awareness Month,' to run annually from September 11 to October 7

A man rides a motorbike in the town of Abu al-Duhur, Syria, August 18, 2026

Why Syria’s removal from the US terror list matters for Israel - analysis

Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis


Hamas, Hezbollah jihadists' plot to take over the world - opinion

Jihad, used by groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and their sponsors, is carried out in order to achieve the ultimate goal of establishing authority over the whole world.

 Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists participate in an anti-Israel military parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City, October 4, 2023.

Hezbollah announces 'day of unprecedented anger' against Israel, Biden's visit

The call comes amid the Al Ahli Hospital explosion in Gaza, which IDF intel showed was caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfire.

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally marking Prophet Mohammed's birthday, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon. October 2, 2023.

Young Gaza man mourns fiancee killed in Israeli strikes

His fiancee, Dania Adas,19, and her sister Iman, 16, were both killed when Israeli jets hit the building next door where an alleged senior Islamic Jihad leader Khalil Al-Bahtini lived.

Palestinian man Mohammad Saed, whose fiancee Dania Adas was killed in a nearby Israeli strike that damaged her family's house, is consoled, inside her house in Gaza City May 10, 2023.

People need to better understand the Iranian threat - opinion

A strategy to combat the malign influence and hegemonic ambitions of the Iranian mullahs is sorely needed.

 AYATOLLAH ALI Khamenei regularly refers to Israel as a cancerous tumor in the Middle East that must be removed.

Afghanistan's Taliban used to jihad, now they're bored at desk jobs

The Afghanistan Analytics Network interviewed members of the Taliban about their dissatisfaction with their new job roles running the country.

A man holds a gun as Taliban supporters celebrate the first anniversary of the departure of US forces from Afghanistan on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30, 2022.

German lawmakers recognize Islamic State crimes against Yazidis as genocide

The jihadist group killed thousands of Yazidis, enslaved 7,000 and displaced most of the 550,000-strong community from their ancestral home.

 Iraqi Yazidis attend a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year at Lalish temple in Shekhan District in Duhok province, Iraq April 19, 2022.

Jihadist recruiters prey on migrants to Europe 

Recruiters target vulnerable individuals and relocate cells created in Africa.

Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022.

Why is an ex-Syria War jihadist fighting for Ukraine against Russia?

Rustam Azhiev, better known by his nom-de-guerre Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, led Ajnad al-Kavkaz in Syria and now leads Chechen fighters in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.

 Rustam Azhiev, now leader of Chechen units in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion against Russia, is seen firing an anti-armor weapon in city of Bakhmut in the Donbas.

How did a radical Islamist fool the West? - analysis

Report from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center shows how Yusuf al-Qaradawi played the media to create a ‘moderate’ image.

 Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Youssef al-Qaradawi (R) speaks during a news conference in Doha June 23, 2014.

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detain former PM Ali Laarayedh - lawyer

Lawyer Mokhtar Jmayi told Reuters that former prime minister Ali Laarayedh is expected to appear before a judge on Wednesday.

Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020