Jihadis

Scholars launch 'Infidel Awareness Month,' to run annually from September 11 to October 7

By reclaiming and analyzing terms like "infidel" (kafir), the daily releases aim to dismantle the public's blind spots regarding how extremist groups categorize non-Muslim populations.

|ByALEX CARSON
Supporters of a political group cheer after destroying a vehicle believed to contain firearms during the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), outside Sero Central Elementary School, Cotabato City, Philippines, September 14, 2026.
Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and chant against Israel’s and America’s war with Iran in front of the Israeli embassy in Portugal in May.

A new generation has risen, one that ‘does not know Joseph’ - opinion

Twenty-five years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Western youngsters, ignorant of the jihadist assault, have forgotten how dangerous Islamic extremism can be

|ByCHARLES JACOBS, WALID PHARES
Police officers stand guard as demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestine protest, on the day of the celebrations to mark the 35th anniversary of Germany's Unification Day, in Saarbruecken, Germany, October 3, 2025.

Greatest antisemitic terrorist threat in Europe stems from jihadist terrorism, new report finds

The ICCT, together with the Security and Crisis Center (SACC) of the EJC, conducted a one-year monitoring exercise between 1 January and 31 December 2025 of offline manifestations of antisemitism.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026.

Africa's Mali crisis widens as extremist groups advance and state control erodes - analysis

Mali is experiencing a major escalation in violence, with jihadist groups advancing and the defense minister assassinated. The crisis threatens to destabilize the Sahel region.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Lebanon tightens security at Palestinian refugee camp

Measures taken at Ain al-Hilweh camp following reports that Palestinian is suspected in Beirut suicide bombing on Wednesday.

FEBRUARY 21, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Lebanese soldiers at the entrance of the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, June 19, 2012.

Analysis: Al-Qaida unlikely to force Hezbollah out of Syria

Al-Qaida-linked jihadist groups are focusing their energies on attacking fellow Muslims; Regional expert: US has decided jihadists are bigger threat to stability in Lebanon than Hezbollah.

FEBRUARY 21, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
A Free Syrian Army fighter launches a rocket 370

Eradicating a distorted ‘jihadist’ ideology

Social institutions have a responsibility to address the threat as well as draw up strategies to curb the spread of the extremist ideology

FEBRUARY 17, 2014BySAMAR FATANY
Jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula do battle with Egyptian forces.