More: Terrorism
Jihadi Janes and Johns: The Seduction of the Islamic State for ‘Westerners’
Media outlets and government circles cringe when trying to understand why Westerners leave the West to go fight in Syria and Iraq with the...
Tribalism and the hijacking of the Islamic Faith
What do Afghanistan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Mali, northern Nigeria, Pakistan's tribal areas and Yemen have in common? They all have Muslim...
The Price of Paris: Oppression and Intolerance in the Free World
The events in Paris this spring were unfortunately all too familiar in the 21st century. I think in some corners it is still perhaps...
The Great Game in «Arabia Felix»
An estimated number form United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in 2015 in Yemen 15.9 million people, which represents 61%...
Crisis Briefing: No easy answers for ending the crisis in Nigeria
Bloody attacks, seizing towns, declaring caliphates, kidnapping children and women, bombing churches and mosques, abuses against civilians, assassinating politicians and leaders are just some...
A Ticking Time Bomb – Understanding Radicalization
For the past decade the issue of radicalization has been grabbing attention of the international media. Global terrorist attacks such as the Boston marathon...
Perpetuating Chaos and Lawlessness in Middle East: Saudi’s Invasion of Yemen
Wednesday evening Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States announced that Saudi Arabia had commenced military operations against the Ansarullah fighters of...
Has counter-radicalisation failed?
The recent unveiling of the identity of Islamic State (IS) fighter Mohammed Emwazi, otherwise known as ‘Jihadi John’, underlined once more the challenges facing...
Boko Haram: new strategy and perspectives
The 2015 Baga massacre, perpetrated last January by Boko Haram, can be perceived as a sign of the will of the terrorist organization to...
After Paris: Codes of Tolerance as the Bridge
The slaughter of 17 people in the past week in Paris marks a dark era in Europe in the relationship between European Muslims and...