Experts say the Islamic State of Africa’s militant agenda threatens South Africa’s democracy and constitutional values.

The Islamic State’s leader, the self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, spent time in U.S.-run prisons in Iraq. Cells organized within them, ...

ISIS may have faded from headlines, but the threat endures. This article explores how jihadist groups are regrouping in fragile regions, posing new global dangers.

A teenage Islamic extremist has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack. Muhammad Billal, 18, was arrested on 11 ...

Almost by default, the swelling numbers of young Arabs, especially in the culturally vibrant centres of the Arab world (Cairo, Tunis, Beirut, Damascus, Casablanca, Kuwait, Manama), will create ...

In March 2024, the Islamic State killed more people in parts of Syria controlled by the Assad regime than at any point since July 2018.The attacks are part of an ongoing trend since October 2023 that ...

Origins. The origins of Islamic State date back to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. In the chaos that descended on the country in the aftermath of the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime, various ...

Chaos, disillusionment and oppression provide the perfect conditions for Islamic State. Currently, the Islamist extremists are expanding from Syria and Iraq into North Africa. Several local groups ...

Once a beacon of science, culture, and power in medieval Europe, the Caliphate of Córdoba crumbled into chaos within a few ...

ISIS’ declaration of an Islamic State begs a fundamental question: When and how did that concept become a part of the political vocabulary of Muslim societies? After all, the idea hasn’t been around ...

The Islamic State movement — including its Afghanistan iteration — is vehemently anti-Russia in orientation, criticizing its foreign and domestic policies.

Ogun State government and the family of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, for violating the legal ...