Jihad

How jihad learned to speak the West’s language - opinion

The West hears are other words: freedom, justice, liberation, resistance, human rights. Words it knows, loves, and has built its moral identity around. A mind doesn't check where a word comes from.

 TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.
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.

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

A man rides a motorbike in the town of Abu al-Duhur, Syria, August 18, 2026

Why Syria’s removal from the US terror list matters for Israel - analysis

Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis


There is no such thing as a good jihadist: Western media is downplaying HTS's brutality - opinion

Whether it is HTS in Syria or Hamas in Gaza, these groups are genocidal fundamentalists. There is no such thing as a good jihadist.

 YASER FARHAN, spokesperson for a Syrian committee responsible for investigating the attacks in the Latakia area, holds a news conference in Damascus this week.

Al-Sharaa calls for a commission of inquiry into mass executions of Alawites – report

Syria’s new government launches inquiry after mass executions spark global condemnation.

 People protest against the killing of civilians and security forces linked to Syria's new rulers, following clashes between the forces loyal to the new administration and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, at Marjeh Square, in Damascus, Syria, March 9, 2025.

Israel’s wars against jihadi terrorists concern intersections between death and time - opinion

Any catastrophic war between Israel and its Islamist adversaries would have little to do with Palestinian sovereignty or self-determination.

 SYRIA’S INTERIM President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman last week. Today, merely identifying adversaries has become more difficult because of the Assad regime collapse in Syria, says the writer.

Gaza can only reclaim its future once Hamas is truly gone - opinion

Hamas cannot be managed, reformed, or contained. It must be destroyed – completely, irreversibly, and without the possibility of resurrection.

Hamas terrorists seen before a hostage release in Gaza City, February 1, 2025

New Jersey man pleads guilty after being inspired by October 7 to join terrorist group

Nasr told an FBI confidential source posing as a facilitator for a terrorist organization that "evil America" was his primary enemy and the “head of the snake.”

 A screenshot of a X/Twitter post linked with Nasr.

Can Trump leverage Middle East dynamics to secure lasting peace? – opinion

Trump’s Middle East approach means he will have to navigate complex Islamist dynamics tests.

 AFTER HIS confirmation as US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington last week. He and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz recognize that each Islamist entity requires special handling; there is no one-size-fits-all negotiation, says the writer.

'If It Takes a Thousand Years': A manual on how to defeat jihadists - review

The jihadist enemy uses the organs of American democracy to subvert it from within, and what the US needs to do to protect itself.

 The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group holds a rally in Gaza to commemorate armed commanders and operatives killed by Israel in the past five-day fighting, in Gaza City, May 19, 2023.

Post-Assad Syria: The end of Baathism and the rise of Islamism - opinion

Perhaps Abu Mohammed al-Julani will defy the grim precedent, maybe he will break away from Salafi jihadism and break the cycle that has consumed countless others.

 Images of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, are riddled with bullet holes as fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the damage at a military site, in Damascus on December 14, 2024.

No sanctions relief for Syria until HTS proves it is done with jihadism - opinion

Our approach should be humanitarian aid, yes, but no to US reconstruction aid or sanctions relief until Syria is unambiguously not jihadist.

 HTS LEADER Abu Mohammed al-Julani (right), meets with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus.

Former terrorist takes legal action against 'offensive' historic pub name - report

Khalid Baqa told The Independent that if he won his claim, the money would be donated to orphans in Gaza or Syria

 The Saracen’s Head Inn in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was established in 1530 and is owned by Greene King