Arslan Ubaydullah Hussain, a central activist in the Norwegian Islamist group Profetens Ummah (The Ummah of the Prophet) has been convicted in Oslo District Court of making threats and hate speech. Øyvind Strømmen […]
Islamism
Fight and win paradise
A recruitment brochure provides a unique glimpse into the world of jihadist headhunters, who lure young fighters to the Syrian civil war by quoting a charismatic blind sheikh imprisoned in connection with the […]
Thousands flee in Yemen
Ali El-Sha’bani YEMEN: Roughly 10,000 Salafi Sunni Muslims have been forced to abandon their homes in northern Yemen’s town of Dammaj and flee to rough conditions and cold nights in the capital due […]
From Sinai, with hate
CAIRO – With violence engulfing Cairo over the weekend, the Egyptian military never took its eye off of the northern Sinai Peninsula, 300 kilometres to the northeast. It’s a lawless, angry place, and […]
Charity raided in al-Qaeda hunt
The Turkish charity Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has been accused of smuggling weapons in support of al-Qaeda in Turkey. Lars Akerhaug On the 1st of January 2014, Turkish authorities stopped a truck they […]