Sociologist Farhad Khosrokhavar recently published a piece in Le Monde, in which he argues: “In Europe, one of the most significant, even essential, factors of jihadist radicalization is the city. Not just any city. We’re talking about the urban ‘jihadogen’, which breeds jihadism.” “In the near-totality of European countries, there are neighborhoods where the number of…
The counter-extremism organisation, the Quilliam Foundation, has published a translation, analysis, and theological rebuttal of the “jihadist manual” used by ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram.
Below is the official statement made by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) regarding the recent knife attack in Paris. “Horror has once again engulfed our country in the name of a totalitarian and deadly ideology! The French Council of the Muslim Faith vigorously condemns the attack, which according to a provisional assessment,…
Khamzat Azimov, the Paris knife attacker, was born in Chechnya and was on a list of potential terrorism suspects. Azimov stabbed five passers-by, fatally injuring one, in the middle of a crowded neighborhood. Azimot confronted three police offers with bloodied hands and face near the main Paris Opera house, the Rue Monsigny, witnesses said, and was…
Sunday 6th May 2018 saw two to three thousand people march through London flying national flags and holding signs decrying limits to freedom of speech. Yet commentators see their rhetoric regarding civil and religious rights as a contradiction.
