The latest criticism of Islam being a violent religion, which was sparked by incendiary comments made by Pope Benedict XVI, has caused internet jihadis to launch a new website called Electronic Jihad, located at https://www.al-jinan.org. The purpose of the website is to help organize an... MORE

On September 24, Somalia's Islamic Courts Union (ICU) moved further south and took control of the port city of Kismayo near the Kenyan border. With the Islamist movement moving closer to Kenya, public debate in the country is raging. The Kenyan press has warned the... MORE

As the fallout from Pope Benedict XVI's recent controversial speech continues to resonate across the Arab and Muslim world through street protests, official condemnations and even sporadic incidents of violence, radical Islamists have been busy waging their own attacks against the Vatican on Arabic language... MORE

CASE PENDING IN ALGERIA FOR GSPC MILITANTS WHO RECRUITED FOR AL-QAEDA According to the September 25 issue of Algeria's El Khabar newspaper, the Algerian government is planning on prosecuting two Algerians for recruiting insurgents to fight in Iraq. One suspect, who has only been identified... MORE

On September 16, approximately six bombs went off in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai. The bombs killed at least four people, including a Canadian citizen, and wounded around 50 more (Bangkok Post, September 16). Although there was no claim of responsibility—true with all... MORE

ALGERIA'S GSPC JOINS THE AL-QAEDA NETWORK On September 13, the leader of Algeria's Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) announced the group's affiliation with Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda network. According to leader Abu Musab Abdel-Wadoud, "After consultations, we decided to announce allegiance... MORE

On Monday, September 18, explosions ripped through Baidoa, the seat of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). One of the blasts occurred outside a building where TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed spoke only 10 minutes earlier, and the blast destroyed vehicles part of the presidential convoy... MORE

Recent reports indicating al-Qaeda's preparations for a nuclear attack in the United States by al-Qaeda's alleged nuclear expert, Adnan El-Shukrijumah, has prompted conflicting reactions among Islamists in the jihadi forums (Terrorism Focus, September 12; al-Arabiya, September 11). The jihadi forums described the possible nuclear attack,... MORE

JOURNALIST HAMID MIR WARNS OF AL-QAEDA NUCLEAR PLOT AGAINST THE U.S. According to an al-Arabiya report from September 11, Hamid Mir, the Pakistani journalist who has interviewed Osama bin Laden numerous times, has warned that the al-Qaeda leader is preparing new attacks in the United... MORE

During the past year, nuclear security has leapfrogged up the political agenda in India after a series of intelligence leaks revealed that terrorists might be targeting India's expanding nuclear infrastructure. These threats and possible security breaches have led the Indian government to reorganize and enhance... MORE