Islamist Extremism

Following weeks of simmering tension in the UK over the Gaza conflict, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday said that the "time has come" to battle extremist forces as he warned "democracy itself is a target".

A review into the UK government's scheme set up to prevent terrorism has made recommendations for improvements to tackle Islamist extremism as the "primary threat" to the country.

British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most "significant terror threat", with a widened government definition of extremism.

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in Britain for a terrorism offence as part of an ongoing investigation related to the alleged sharing of extreme Islamist material online, Scotland Yard said on Wednesday.

A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.

French president Emmanuel Macron vowed his country would stand firm against religious extremists after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church, in the country's second attack blamed on Islamist terrorism this month.

The Grand Mosque of Brussels is Belgium's biggest and oldest site of Muslim worship. Officials in Belgium say it is also a hotbed for Saudi-backed Islamist extremism.

Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with Islamist extremism that they said had ties with regional rival Qatar.

The death toll rose to seven Sunday, following the latest terrorist attack to strike Britain, with Prime Minister Theresa May blaming the "evil ideology of Islamist extremism" and vowing to conduct a review of the nation's counterterrorism laws.

US President Donald Trump will launch an appeal to confront "Islamist extremism" on Sunday, telling dozens of Muslim leaders in a speech that it "is not a battle between different faiths".

China has introduced new restrictions in the far-western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism.

The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a US government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

In just his first week in the White House, President Donald Trump has sought to redefine America's most lethal enemy in terms far broader than his post-9/11 predecessors.

Britain will isolate Islamist extremists in special units in high security jails to limit their ability to radicalise other inmates, the government said today.

The UK government on Monday unveiled plans to tackle Islamist extremism in prisons, including banning offensive literature and removing inmates from worship if they promote beliefs deemed against "fundamental British values".

Following weeks of simmering tension in the UK over the Gaza conflict, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday said that the "time has come" to battle extremist forces as he warned "democracy itself is a target".

A review into the UK government's scheme set up to prevent terrorism has made recommendations for improvements to tackle Islamist extremism as the "primary threat" to the country.

British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most "significant terror threat", with a widened government definition of extremism.

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in Britain for a terrorism offence as part of an ongoing investigation related to the alleged sharing of extreme Islamist material online, Scotland Yard said on Wednesday.

A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.

French president Emmanuel Macron vowed his country would stand firm against religious extremists after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church, in the country's second attack blamed on Islamist terrorism this month.

The Grand Mosque of Brussels is Belgium's biggest and oldest site of Muslim worship. Officials in Belgium say it is also a hotbed for Saudi-backed Islamist extremism.

Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with Islamist extremism that they said had ties with regional rival Qatar.

The death toll rose to seven Sunday, following the latest terrorist attack to strike Britain, with Prime Minister Theresa May blaming the "evil ideology of Islamist extremism" and vowing to conduct a review of the nation's counterterrorism laws.

US President Donald Trump will launch an appeal to confront "Islamist extremism" on Sunday, telling dozens of Muslim leaders in a speech that it "is not a battle between different faiths".

China has introduced new restrictions in the far-western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism.

The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a US government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

In just his first week in the White House, President Donald Trump has sought to redefine America's most lethal enemy in terms far broader than his post-9/11 predecessors.

Britain will isolate Islamist extremists in special units in high security jails to limit their ability to radicalise other inmates, the government said today.

The UK government on Monday unveiled plans to tackle Islamist extremism in prisons, including banning offensive literature and removing inmates from worship if they promote beliefs deemed against "fundamental British values".