Jihad

Iran sees jihad, the West sees geopolitics - That gap is dangerous

Despite weeks of pressure, Tehran’s defiance exposed deeper failures in Western strategy, deterrence, and understanding of the conflict

 The Islamic Republic uses its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas to conduct jihad: a religious war aimed at imposing a radical interpretation of Sharia law worldwide.Premium
Police arrest individuals who allegedly threw a red substance at an Israeli flag and red smoke bombs in the middle of a demonstration, on December 17, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin

Supporters and members of the Islamist party Hizb Ut-Tahrir carry their party's flags and shout slogans during a rally in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, in support of Palestinians, and against Russian and the U.S. intervention in Syria October 16, 2015.

Australia officially bans Hizb ut-Tahrir, supporters or members to face 15 years in jail

Bags of cocaine that were seized by Israel Police.

How Hezbollah’s narco-trafficking networks help finance Iran’s global strategy


Saudi Arabian textbooks show improvements - IMPACT-se

The research on the Saudi Arabia school curriculum shows a continuing trend of improvement and dramatic changes over the span of one year.

Empty classroom at Cramim school, Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem, October 21 2020

Palestinians riot in W. Bank, Jerusalem in solidarity with Gilboa

Palestinian factions have been calling on people to stand against IDF troops deployed at the prisons in the West Bank.

 Palestinians protest at night time near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on August 28, 2021.

Biden allowed Afghanistan, the world to become more dangerous - opinion

Was the withdrawal a wise and courageous decision, as US President Joe Biden’s defenders claim, or was it foreign policy malpractice?

 US General Austin Miller shakes hand with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Kabul

Afghanistan killed war for democracy, but war on jihadism lives on

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The war on Islamism, unlike the war for democracy, is both winnable and imperative.

An Afghan security forces member keeps watch at Bagram US air base in Parwan province after American troops vacated it in July.

German police raid homes of suspected accomplices to Vienna attacker

Police searched the homes of Kosovan national Blinor S. and German Drilon G., who are suspected of failing to report plans for the attack to the authorities.

Gunfire exchanges in Vienna

Pakistan is undertaking a dangerous gamble - opinion

Pakistan’s support of jihadi groups stems partly from cynical realism, in order to expand its sphere of influence in Afghanistan and support the Islamist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.

US SOLDIERS explode a roadside bomb set by Taliban fighters in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border, in 2012.

A Jihadist leader in Syria did outreach to the US at a key time

Some US think tanks get funding, often indirectly, from states in the Middle East, or sympathizers with those states. Some are linked to Qatar, some are even close to Iran

Islamist rebels from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are seen outside the villages of al-Foua and Kefraya

Qatar has sent hundreds of millions of dollars to terror group - report

Qatar, whose rulers have been accused by Germany’s Development Minister Gerd Mueller of financing the Islamic State terror movement in 2014, is slated to host the 2022 soccer World Cup.

 Buildings are seen from across the water in Doha, Qatar

How to defend Israel: Do not claim victimhood or deny power - opinion

Israel is fighting Islamic jihadism just like the West.

An IDF artillery unit fires towards Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border in Southern Israel, May 13, 2021.

Boko Haram leader reportedly Abubakar Shekau killed, Nigeria investigates

Abubakar Shekau has been the figurehead of an Islamist insurgency that has since 2009 killed more than 30,000 people and forced around 2 million people to flee their homes.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau holds a weapon in an unknown location in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on January 15, 2018.