extremism
Chief inspector: English schools need to address extremist elements
By Catherine Pepinster — March 7, 2018
(RNS) — Some head teachers who run inner-city schools with predominantly Muslim student bodies have taken issue with conservative Muslim parents who want their children to express their religiosity in school, and in turn accuse the teachers of thwarting religious expression.
Morocco goes digital to counter radical Islam online
By Tom Heneghan — November 21, 2017
(RNS) — The Mohammadia League of Islamic Scholars, a government research institute leading Morocco’s extensive campaign against violent Muslim extremism, is producing videos and reaching out on Facebook and YouTube to those in their teens and 20s.
Bahrain and Jewish rights group lead effort to call out extremist clergy
By Adelle M. Banks — September 14, 2017
(RNS) — 'We declare that when extremist clergy preach hatred, violence and seek to sow the seeds of discord, that they are inciting the desecration of the name of God,' reads the Bahrain Declaration.
Italy uses imams in prisons to deter extremism among inmates
By Frances D'Emilio — July 12, 2017
(AP) — Italy has relied mostly on arresting and deporting suspected extremists to try to keep the country safe from terrorism. But the Italian government has come to embrace prevention, too, especially in the prisons it doesn't want to become training grounds for potential extremists.
Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia intensifies and targets children
By Lauren Markoe — June 1, 2017
(RNS) For weeks the Jehovah's Witnesses had not felt the full force of the ban on the group. Now more authorities are invoking it to halt worship and harass even the youngest Witnesses.
Russian court to consider ban on ‘extremist’ Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ
By Dasha Afanasieva — March 17, 2017
(Reuters) The religious organization is known for its foreign ministries as well as its door-to-door campaigns, but has had problems for years with Russian authorities, who view it as a pernicious cult, an allegation it denies.
Faith leaders pray Trump will label Muslim Brotherhood ‘terrorist’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 19, 2017
(RNS) A Muslim critic counters that the group is "smelling blood" with the election of President-elect Donald Trump.
U.S. government cancels 9/11-era registry for foreigners
By Reuters — December 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. government is canceling an inactive registry program for visitors from countries where extremist groups are operating, a plan similar to aMuslim registry considered by President-elect Donald Trump.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes spike in Britain
By Rosie Scammell — June 30, 2016
(RNS) There were 437 incidents of anti-Muslim hatred recorded last year, up from 146 the year before.
Diplomacy can undermine extremism
By guest — June 15, 2016
(RNS) The challenge of Islamist extremism is real and must be taken seriously. But I have also never been more optimistic about the Western Balkans and its future.
The ‘us vs. them’ ideology of radical Salafis
By Laleh Bakhtiar — May 24, 2016
(RNS) It lets ISIS militants sleep peacefully at night.
Suicide bombers kill 22 at mosque in Nigeria
By Reuters — March 16, 2016
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- The attack by two female suicide bombers occurred during morning prayers.
Al Qaeda gunmen drank beers before Ivory Coast attack
By Reuters — March 14, 2016
GRAND BASSAM, Ivory Coast -- Fifteen civilians and three members of the special forces were killed in the attack at a weekend retreat popular with Ivorians and westerners.
A mobile minaret is mightier than the sword (COMMENTARY)
By Laleh Bakhtiar — February 26, 2016
(RNS) How do we keep Muslim youth from the extremists? We need imams and scholars to teach Quranic critical thinking on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Muslim clerics must reject notions of non-Muslim inferiority (COMMENTARY)
By Raza Ahmad Rumi — December 16, 2015
(RNS) Islamophobia cannot be an excuse for allowing the swell of seminaries and clerics that cherry-pick the Quran and preach hatred of Christians, Jews and other "unbelievers."
