Islamism

Islamic regime shuts down cafe in Tehran following accusations of 'promoting satanic activities'

The cafe was said to have allowed events featuring Western-style music that “provided a setting for abnormal behaviors,” the semi-state official Fars news agency reported.

MAY 31, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

A cleric member of Basij paramilitary forces attends a rally in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, November 24, 2023

AUSTRIAN DEFENDENT Beran A, who pleaded guilty to planning an attack on US singer Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, is escorted by security personnel in a courtroom during the last day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 28, 2026.

Austrian who planned attack on Taylor Swift concert gets 15 years in prison

Beran A, whose last name has not been made public in accordance with Austrian privacy rules, was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the US pop star.

MAY 29, 2026|ByREUTERS

Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Caesars Superdome on October 25, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Verdict expected as trial over foiled Taylor Swift concert terror attack in Vienna begins final day

Beran A, who is Austrian, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the planned attack, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

MAY 28, 2026|ByREUTERS

An activist holds the national flag of India in front a banner that praises the Indian defence forces for their military operation, code-named "Operation Sindoor", in Mumbai on May 10, 2025.

Operation Sindoor: One year on from India’s ‘October 7’ moment - analysis

Exactly one year on, India’s military leadership gathered in Jaipur on Thursday and made clear the operation now underpins its response to cross-border attacks.

MAY 7, 2026|ByALEX WINSTON

'Islamist terror' knife attack in east France kills one, injures five, media says

French President Emmanuel Macron called the attack "an act of Islamist terrorism," in a statement after the incident.

FEBRUARY 22, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A French police officer of the anti-crime squad, Brigade Anti-Criminalite de nuit (BAC N 75) is seen during a night patrol in Paris on October 16, 2020

Austrian knife attack suspect was radicalized on TikTok, officials say

The attack came just days after a 24-year-old Afghan drove into a crowd in Munich in neighboring Germany, killing two people and injuring dozens.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByREUTERS

Police officers stand guard at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025.

Deadly Austria attack: suspect swore allegiance to IS, had IS flag

The suspected perpetrator had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and had its flag in his apartment and he was also an asylum seeker in Germany who had been radicalized online.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025ByREUTERS

Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner speaks next to Carinthia's Governor Peter Kaiser, Günther Albel, mayor of the town of Villach and Carinthia's Police Chief Michaela Kohlweiss at a press conference outside a police station in the town of Villach, February 16, 2025.

Trump will save the world from radical Islam - opinion

Trump understands that what happened in Gaza was not genocide by Israel but rather a genocide perpetrated by Hamas against its own people.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByMEMY PEER

An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump.

Post-Assad Syria: The end of Baathism and the rise of Islamism - opinion

Perhaps Abu Mohammed al-Julani will defy the grim precedent, maybe he will break away from Salafi jihadism and break the cycle that has consumed countless others.

JANUARY 11, 2025BySAMUEL J. HYDE

Images of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, are riddled with bullet holes as fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the damage at a military site, in Damascus on December 14, 2024.

A history of mental illness, threats and warnings: What is known about the Christmas market attack?

Reported drug use, mental health struggles and extremist threats: What were Taleb al-Abdulmohsen's warning signs?

DECEMBER 31, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser visit the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany December 21, 2024.

Freedom for Boualem Sansal: Writer, thinker, and bearer of the torches of light - opinion

Considering Sansal's prior stances against the Algerian regime, along with his pro-Israel views and his visit to Israel in 2014, the "recipe" for his persecution was complete.

NOVEMBER 27, 2024ByMOHAMED SAAD KHIRALLA

Algerian writer Boualem Sansal poses after being awarded, jointly with French writer Hedi Kaddour, the Grand Prix du Roman, a literary prize awarded by the Academie Francaise for an individual novel, at the Academie Francaise in Paris on October 29, 2015.

Saudi crown prince condemns Israel's attacks on Palestinians as 'genocide'

Saudi Arabia's crown prince condemned Israel's "genocide" in Gaza at a Riyadh summit, stressing support for Palestine and pausing US-led normalization talks after recent violent escalations.

NOVEMBER 11, 2024ByREUTERS