Islamic State group
Evangelism and religious supremacy
By Simran Jeet Singh — December 19, 2019
(RNS) — Historically, the 'gift' of salvation has been weaponized time and time again to justify intervention and conquest.
Anger erupts in Egypt after massacre of Christian pilgrims
By Mina Nader — November 5, 2018
MINYA, Egypt (RNS) — An assault that killed seven Coptic Christians on Friday (Nov. 2) follows a May 2017 ambush at the same location, also by the Egyptian branch of the Islamic State. Now, Copts say they have had enough of platitudes.
Rebuilding with US funds, Iraq’s minority religious communities still await security
By Jack Jenkins — July 13, 2018
(RNS) — U.S. evangelical leaders have applauded a move to fund the restoration of Iraqi religious minority communities through USAID. But most parties involved say the real vexing issue is security.
Study: East African converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 25, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A June PeaceTech Lab report found that recent converts to Islam in East Africa are prone to be recruitment targets by violent extremist groups such as the Islamic State and al-Shabab.
Family carries out suicide attacks on Indonesia churches
By Yonat Shimron — May 13, 2018
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — At least seven people plus the six family members, who included girls aged 9 and 12, died in the attacks Sunday (May 13) in Surabaya.
Islamic State claims attack on Shiite center, 41 dead
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 28, 2017
(AP) Afghan president Ashraf Ghani called the attack a "crime against humanity."
Iraq patriarch looks to life after war with ISIS
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 20, 2017
Without security and stability Christians are not going back home, he said.
Man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger
By Yonat Shimron — December 19, 2017
BOSTON (AP) — David Wright sobbed as he apologized to blogger Pamela Geller, law enforcement and his family and denounced the terror group, whose horrific acts he used to celebrate online.
World leaders congratulate Iraq on declaration of defeating ISIS
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 11, 2017
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the more-than-three-year fight against the Islamic State group in a national address aired on Iraqi state television this weekend.
Egypt raises death toll in Sinai mosque attack to 305
By Yonat Shimron — November 25, 2017
ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — Military and security forces have already been waging a tough campaign against militants in the towns, villages and desert mountains of Sinai.
Who are the Sufis and why do extremists see them as threatening?
By The Conversation — November 25, 2017
(The Conversation ) — A new attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt drives home the hatred of Islamic State and other some other Muslim groups for the Sufi traditions of inclusiveness and mystical worship.
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.
Archaeologists say rebuilding Jonah’s mosque should wait
By Gilgamesh Nabeel — November 3, 2017
(RNS) — Now that ISIS has been driven from Mosul in Iraq, Muslim traditionalists say it is imperative to start reconstructing the Mosque of the Prophet Jonah, which had marked the site since the 12th century, along with the ruins of a seventh-century Christian church.
Unrelenting killing of Coptic Christians intensifies debate over martyrdom
By guest — October 13, 2017
CAIRO (RNS) — 'We need to stop viewing this harassment toward us with pride and saying terrorism gives us a chance to play the same role our ancestors did like in those Sunday school stories about the torture of martyrs,' said Bassem Al-Janoubie, an Egyptian Coptic Christian.
Rex Tillerson: Protecting targets of ISIS’ ‘genocide’ a religious freedom priority
By Adelle M. Banks — August 15, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The protection of these groups — and others subject to violent extremism — is a human rights priority for the Trump administration,' the secretary of state said.
