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


Who is Abu Mohammed al-Julani, the leader of the Syrian rebels? - explainer

"Julani has been smarter than Assad. He’s retooled, he's refashioned, made new allies," said a Syria expert

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani

The Canada we loved is disappearing with the normalization of Nazi and jihadist activity - opinion

Our community has long been aware of its antisemitic past, particularly during the Holocaust when Canada shamefully accepted only a negligible number of Jewish refugees.

 FORMER CANADIAN prime minister Stephen Harper speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, in 2017.

Cleric who calls Jews 'enemies' of Islam denied use of Montreal theater amid speaking tour

A Montreal theater told Jewish groups that it would not be hosting a controversial Saudi cleric.

 Assim Alhakeem (@Assimalhakeem) / X

Kasim Hafeez: Who is the former jihadist who became a Zionist?

Hafeez lives in the US with his wife, also a pro-Israel activist, and serves as director of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a pro-Israel Christian organization with some 10 million members.

Kasim Hafeez

Majority of Britons think Western politicians increase risk of WW3 - poll

44% of Brits though the actions of politicians were actively increasing the risk of a third world war, and only 6% thought they decreased the risk, found the survey.

 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community meeting

The tidal wave of antisemitic havoc - opinion

This hatred is not only a threat to Jews everywhere but to the principles of tolerance and decency that underpin our society.

 FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron visits the Oradour-sur-Glane memorial center last month, marking the 80th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of 643 people. The writer explains that while the Nazis took antisemitism to its most horrific extreme, that hatred did not disappear when the Holocaust ended.

S. Africa is diplomatic Iran proxy, Africa faces Hamas-like jihad - top rabbi

Around 287 children were kidnapped from a Nigerian school on March 7 by Islamic State, he noted.

 South Africa chief rabbi Warren Goldstein.

Two decades since 11M: Europe’s ongoing battle against jihadi radicalization

Since the 11M attacks two decades ago, Jihadist terrorism in Europe has evolved but is still a threat being daily addressed by the Spanish authorities and in Europe in general.

 A woman lights a candle at a memorial site for the victims of the March 11 train bombings at the same spot where a train was bombed two years ago outside Madrid's Atocha station March 11, 2006.

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."

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

Zurich teen who stabbed Jewish man had pledged loyalty to ISIS

Hundreds gathered in solidarity against antisemitism at the site of the stabbing, the European Jewish Congress said.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.