Tag: Islam

In this image made from a video posted online Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 by an Islamic militant group asserting responsibility for suicide bombings last month that killed 34 people in Volgograd, Russia, two men, identified as Suleiman and Abdurakhman and who purportedly carried out the twin suicide bombings are seen at an unknown location. The two Russian-speaking men featured in the video are identified as members of Ansar al-Sunna, the name of a militant group operating in Iraq. It was unclear whether they had received funding or training from the group or only adopted its name. (AP Photo)

Russians study Islamic video threatening Olympics

Vladimir Isachenkov · January 21, 2014 12:01 am

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah., gestures as he speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

De-classified Benghazi testimony: The video didn’t do it

Austin Bay · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

(Rahman Roslan/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

How women should dress in public, according to Muslim countries

Ashe Schow · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conducting a virulent anti-Islamist campaign in the country. (AP File)

Bangladesh crisis is a chance to right the fight against Islamism

James Jay Carafano · December 22, 2013 5:00 am

People fight outside the office of the Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi, Libya, on June 8. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

‘Smart diplomacy’ update: Benghazi now a ‘training hub’ for Islamist fighters

Charles Hoskinson · December 14, 2013 5:00 am

Algeria and Its Islamists

Olivier Guitta · August 19, 2013 4:00 am

Radical Islamists Reach for Control Over Kosovo Muslims

Stephen Schwartz · August 7, 2013 5:09 pm

Beltway Confidential

Reporter: Will Obama continue to force-feed Guantanamo detainees during Ramadan?

Charlie Spiering · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

A Muslim Brotherhood spokesman has said that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's supporters would die for his cause. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman threatens more violence

Ashe Schow · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

Tony Blair, ‘The Trouble Within Islam,’ and Kumbaya in Kosovo

Stephen Schwartz · June 20, 2013 1:32 pm

According to the Economist, two of the three main Syrian rebel fronts of are Islamist, as are seven of the nine key rebel fighting groups. (AP Photo/Amateur video via Ugarit News)

Beltway Confidential

7 of 9 key Syrian rebel fighter groups are Islamist

Philip Klein · June 14, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, May 24, 2013 file photo, military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo may have become radicalized. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran, File)

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier

Sylvia Hui · May 25, 2013 4:00 am