Category: Islam

Islamic State (ISIS) militants abducted about 900 Kurdish civilians in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks, forcing the captives to build fortifications for the extremists in retaliation for a Kurdish-led assault on a nearby ISIS stronghold, activists said Friday. (FOX)- Reports also emerged Friday that at least 26 of those […]

The Pentagon announced Wednesday the transfer of Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Balkan nation of Montenegro. (FOX)- Al-Rahabi arrived at the naval base from Yemen in Cuba in 2002 after being accused of serving as the body guard for former Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden. […]

Newly obtained congressional data shows hundreds of terror plots have been stopped in the U.S. since 9/11 – mostly involving foreign-born suspects, including dozens of refugees. (FOX)- The files are sure to inflame the debate over the Obama administration’s push to admit thousands more refugees from Syria and elsewhere, a proposal Donald Trump has vehemently […]

The general tapped to lead U.S. Africa Command told Capitol Hill lawmakers Tuesday he did not know of any “overall grand strategy” to defeat ISIS in Libya. (FOX)- Marine Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser made the comments under questioning from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz. “I am not aware of any overall […]

The terrorists are known variously as ISIS, ISIL, the Islamic State and Daesh — so what’s the difference? (IBTimes)- Islamic State: This is the English version of what the terror group calls itself. It also claims to be a caliphate, which is a state ruled by a caliph, which is Arabic for “successor,” meaning successor to the Islamic […]

Coalition airstrikes and artillery fire from Turkey have killed 23 members of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), a Turkish broadcaster reported Monday. (Newsweek)- The U.S.-led coalition conducted 33 strikes against ISIS in northern Syria, according to Haberturk, although it didn’t specify when the attacks were carried out. Turkish newspaper the Daily Sabah, citing a […]

South Korea is taking increased security measures to prevent a potential attack from the Islamic State (IS), after the country’s intelligence agency warned that the terrorist group may be targeting both U.S. military installations and civilians on the Korean peninsula.     (VOA)- The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) Sunday said that IS released a […]

A suicide bomber struck in the Afghan capital early Monday morning, targeting a bus full of foreign security contractors. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)- At least 14 people were killed and eight others wounded, said Sediq Seddiqi, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry. The majority of the victims were citizens of Nepal, he added. The Canadian embassy confirmed that […]

The Department of Justice is scrubbing transcripts of the calls Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen made to police during his massacre of references to his radical Muslim beliefs, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Sunday. (FOX)- A partial transcript of the conversations between Mateen, who killed 49 and wounded scores in the June 12 attack at a […]

On Friday, a mob of men carrying sticks and bottles attacked Radiohead fans who had gathered at the Velvet Indieground store to listen to Radiohead’s new album, A Moon Shaped Pool, according to Turkish media reports. (FOX)- Rayka Simoni told the private Dogan news agency that people were drinking beer and chatting when about 20 […]