Suspected Islamists kill 21 civilians in eastern Congo

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 21 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local human rights group and a witness said on Monday.
#islamist #congo #democraticrepublicofcongo

Mozambique gas bonanza in limbo as Islamist insurgency simmers

Southern African nations are considering extending the deployment of troops fighting an Islamic State-linked insurgency in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province that prompted TotalEnergies to stall a $20 billion (about R292 billion) natural gas project.
#mozambique #gas #islamistinsurgency

Tunisia releases ex-justice minister from house arrest

A former justice minister and senior figure in Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, under house arrest since December, was released on Tuesday but remains under investigation on "terrorism" charges, the government said.
#tunisia #islamist #terrorismcharges

ISWAP Fighters Attack Boko Haram Members For Killing Commander

No fewer than 30 terrorists have been killed in the North East, during a ‘fierce’ gun duel between fighters of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, extremist sects, reliable sources have confirmed to PRNigeria.
#Nigeria #bokoharam #iswap

Tunisia sentences 16 to death over 2016 attacks

A Tunisian court sentenced 16 people to death in the first judgments against jihadists involved in 2016 attacks near the Libyan border that left scores dead, media reported Saturday. A total of 96 people stand accused in the trial relating to the March 2016 events that saw the town of Ben Guerdane become the stage of a bloody battle as members of the Islamic State group's Libya branch staged a series of deadly attacks.
#tunisia #libya #libyanborder

Insurgency-hit Palma District joins the rest of Mozambique for school opening

After a three-year hiatus due to extremist attacks by Islamic extremists, Cabo Delgado's Palma District has finally opened schools in line with the national school calendar. The opening ceremony was held on Monday in Quilaua village at 16 de Junho de Palma - Escola Primaria.
#palma #mozambique

Suspected Islamists kill at least 12 in eastern Congo attacks on villages

Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, two local human rights groups said on Wednesday.
#islamists #congo

Muslim girls wearing Hijab barred from attending classes in India

When A H Almas, 18, and two of her friends stepped into their classroom on a December morning, the teacher immediately yelled at them: "Get out." The Muslim girls were not allowed to sit in the classroom because they were wearing Hijab, or headscarf.
#muslimgirls #islam #india

Russian strikes in Syria kill 11 IS fighters: monitor

Russian air strikes in desert areas of eastern Syria have killed 11 suspected members of the Islamic State group, following deadly attacks by the jihadists, a war monitor reported Thursday.
#jihadist #russianairstrike #russia

Prominent Muslim women made to feel like 'cattle' as Islamophobic app 'auctions' them off

On New Year's Day, Hasiba Amin was enjoying some quality time with her family in Delhi, India. But later, she decided to check her phone, instantly ruining the happy family get-together for her. That's when Amin saw that she'd received a flood of disturbing text messages from friends warning that her photo had been featured on the "Bulli Bai" app.
#bullibaiapp #muslimwomen #islamophobicapp

Taliban order shop owners to behead mannequins

The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut off the heads of mannequins, insisting the human figures violate Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the plastic heads off women figures went viral on social media.
#taliban #afghanistan

Detained Tunisian politician hospitalised 'in critical condition'

Detained Tunisian politician Noureddine Bhiri has been rushed to hospital in a "critical condition", activists and lawmakers said on Sunday. Bhiri, a 63-year-old former justice minister and deputy president of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party opposed to President Kais Saied, was arrested on Friday.
#tunisia #kaissaied #ennahdha

Muazu Magaji To Ganduje: "Islamic Education, Not Harvard, Is The Best"

You Need Islamic, Not Harvard Education, To Lead Us Right, Ex-Commissioner Tells Ganduje.
Engr Muazu Magaji, a former Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure in Kano, has advised Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to seek Islamic education as against visiting Harvard University for additional knowledge.
#islamiceducation #ganduje #harvard

Egyptian Court Sentences 22 Jihadists To Death By Hanging

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister. The men were found guilty of committing 54 "terrorist operations" across Egypt, including the murder of a senior police officer as well as trying to kill former interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim.
#egypt

Sheikh Gumi: Bandits Require Money, Land Compensation To Stop Killings

Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi says bandits have refused to end hostilities against the Nigerian government because they were not given land and “enough money”. Gumi said past attempts “to broker peace” with the bandits failed because they were not compensated “with lands or cattle or money big enough to help halt hostilities.”
#sheikhgumi #Nigeria #insecurityinnigeria

Gunmen kill up to 15 soldiers in south west Niger

Gunmen killed up to 15 soldiers in an attack on a military outpost in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist militants operate, officials and security sources said. The attackers raided the post in the village of Anzourou near the border with Mali on Thursday evening, officials said.
#niger #mali #islamistmilitants

Hundreds Flee Homes As ISWAP Overpowers Army In Borno Town

Hundreds of civilians fled their homes when suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked Damboa town in the southern part of Borno last night, sources said. It was learnt that the ISWAP fighters rode on utility vehicles to storm the town at about 5:30pm, raining bullets on-air as civilians ran into bushes.
#iswap #bornotown #damboatown

ISWAP Fighters Raid Borno Hospital, Set Telecoms Mast On Fire

Suspected fighters of the Islamic States of West African Province (ISWAP), on Wednesday, attacked a community hospital and burnt down telecommunications mast in Mugumeri Local Government Area of Borno State.
#iswap #bornostate #insecurityinnigeria

ISWAP Procures Military Uniforms From Libya Ahead Of December Attacks

Ahead of their December attacks, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has reportedly ordered military uniforms from Libya, Newspremises has gathered.

One the ISWAP top commander who stated this on Saturday, October 2021, noted that the purchase of the military uniforms have to be done ahead the attacks.
#iswap #libya
#iswap ISWAP Procures Military Uniforms From Libya Ahead Of December Attacks

Ahead of their December attacks, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has reportedly ordered milita

ISIS Releases Video Of 12-year-old Terrorist Executing Two Nigerian Soldiers

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as Daesh (Arabic) has released a video showing a 12-year-old member of ISWAP (Islamic State's West Africa Province), the breakaway Boko Haram faction executing two Nigerian soldiers.
#isis #iswap #bokoharam

Nigerian religious police arrest man for auctioning self

Islamic religious police in northern Nigeria arrested a man who put himself up for sale to escape biting poverty, a local official said Wednesday. Aliyu Idris, 26, was arrested on Tuesday by the morality police in Kano after pictures emerged on social media showing him holding a placard indicating he was up for auction at 20 million naira ($49,00.
#Nigerian #kano #arrest

Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to attack US in six months - Pentagon official

The US intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and has the intention to do so, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Tuesday.
#usintelligencecommunity #pentagon

'We will come after you': Ramaphosa warns jihadists in Mozambique at Samora Machel memorial

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the death of Mozambique's first president Samora Machel, vowing to go after Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in the north of the country.
#cyrilramaphosa #mozambique #jihadists

Killing of terrorist behind death of 4 US troops sheds light on France's quiet, intense fight in Africa

In August, a French counterterrorism operation in northern Mali killed the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), avenging four US troops who were killed in Niger in 2017.
#terrorist #france #niger #us #greatersahara #mali

'Don't wait for death and surrender,' Mozambique President tells insurgents after key militant killed

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi urged Islamist militants in its far north to surrender on Monday, saying they had nowhere to run, after allied Rwandan, Mozambican and southern African forces pushed them out of territory they had been occupying.
#mozambique #filipenyusi #MissSouthAfrica

Afghan army collapse took US by 'surprise' says Pentagon chief

Top US military leaders acknowledged on Tuesday that the Taliban's rapid takeover in Afghanistan took them by surprise and expressed concern the Islamic regime has not broken ties with Al-Qaeda.
#topusmilitary #alqaeda #usmilitary