Islamism

Pakistani Islamists announced on Nov. 27 they were disbanding their sit-in near Islamabad after the country’s law minister Zahid Hamid resigned, caving in to the protesters who have been demanding his ouster in a three-week-long rally.

A terrorist group linked to the Islamic State spread a poster showing a car pointing to the Basilica of Sts. Peter "in Rome and so warned of a bombing on Christmas Eve, British newspaper quoted the Catholic Herald as saying.

A Pakistani court on Nov. 20 has granted the government three more days to find a way to clear an Islamist rally near the capital, Islamabad.

France, still on alert against militant Islamist attacks, paid tribute on Monday to 130 people killed when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Paris two years ago, Reuters reported. 

In its early years, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) seemed to break new ground with its combination of Islamist origins, pro-business savvy and appeals to aspirational middle-class economic demands.

George Soros’ Open Society said it was “proud to support” the Islamic Society of North America’s work, despite a federal judge ruling in 2009 that there is “ample evidence” of ties between ISNA and radical Islamic groups such as Hamas.

The Jihadist group, Islamic State, has taken responsibility for a truck attack in New York, which killed eight people on Tuesday, said Reuters.

The US-backed coalition liberated more than 90 percent of the Syrian city of Raqqa, which was under the control of the Islamic State, the agencies said.

"After stronger attacks, the US-led coalition released at least five key neighborhoods just in the last 48 hours," Syrian Human Rights Director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

A former German intelligence agent who was also an ex-gay porn actor was Tuesday given a one-year suspended sentence for attempting to share state secrets while pretending to be a jihadist online.

The 52-year-old named as Roque M., made headlines when he was arrested last November in what initially appeared to be a case of an Islamist mole at work in Germany’s domestic spy agency.

A large operation of the Greek Police (ELAS), aimed at cracking down on suspected radical Islamists, was carried out on Friday in the western port of Patra under the supervision of Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Toskas.