ISIS
Study links anti-Muslim discrimination with radicalization
By Yonat Shimron — July 10, 2018
(RNS) — It found pro-ISIS sympathy is most prevalent in communities with high levels of anti-Muslim sentiment.
Hard-line cleric blames social media for fueling Iran protests, unrest
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 5, 2018
(AP) 'Cyberspace was kindling the fire of the battle,' said Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, who called for the death penalty for Iranian flag burners.
Iraq patriarch looks to life after war with ISIS
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 20, 2017
Without security and stability Christians are not going back home, he said.
Man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger
By Yonat Shimron — December 19, 2017
BOSTON (AP) — David Wright sobbed as he apologized to blogger Pamela Geller, law enforcement and his family and denounced the terror group, whose horrific acts he used to celebrate online.
World leaders congratulate Iraq on declaration of defeating ISIS
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 11, 2017
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the more-than-three-year fight against the Islamic State group in a national address aired on Iraqi state television this weekend.
Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 13, 2017
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil was abducted by militants in March 2016 when they attacked the home, killing 16 people, including four nuns.
Vatican No. 2: Anti-pope jihadist attack threat is worrying
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 27, 2017
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis' top aide says a pro-Islamic State group video that targets the pope is worrying but he notes Vatican security is already at a high level.
Rex Tillerson: Protecting targets of ISIS’ ‘genocide’ a religious freedom priority
By Adelle M. Banks — August 15, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The protection of these groups — and others subject to violent extremism — is a human rights priority for the Trump administration,' the secretary of state said.
Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque
By Maher Chmaytelli — June 29, 2017
MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in coming days as remaining Islamic State fighters are bottled up in just a handful of neighborhoods of the Old City.
Shock and anger in Mosul after ISIS destroys historic mosque
By Reuters — June 22, 2017
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) For many in Mosul, the city can never be the same after Islamic State militants blew up the leaning minaret that had graced the city for nearly 850 years.
ISIS blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
By Reuters — June 21, 2017
MOSUL/IRBIL, Iraq (Reuters) It was from this medieval mosque three years ago that the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled "caliphate" spanning parts of Syria and Iraq.
What is the Shia-Sunni divide?
By Jerome Socolovsky — June 8, 2017
(The Conversation) This historical schism continues to permeate the daily lives of Muslims around the world.
The ’Splainer: What is the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum and why was it attacked?
By Shenaz Kermalli — June 7, 2017
(RNS) The mausoleum is one of the most important symbols of Iranian pride. It’s famously referred to within Iran as 'the holy shrine.'
Attackers bomb Ayatollah Khomeini tomb and Parliament; Saudis blamed
By Reuters — June 7, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) The attacks are the first claimed by ISIS, a hard-line Sunni Muslim militant group, inside the Shiite Muslim country.
London attacker’s mother blames internet for son’s radicalization
By Reuters — June 6, 2017
ROME (Reuters) The mother of the Italian-Moroccan jihadi who helped carry out a deadly attack in London last week said on Tuesday she had tried to keep her son from falling under the sway of Islamic State ideology, but the internet and his London friends changed him.
