extremism

SA Muslims to unpack ISIS phenomenon

Is South Africa vulnerable to ISIS activity on its soil? That’s the question experts will unpack at IPSA’s 7th Annual Wasatiyyah Symposium, to be held in Cape Town on Saturday 20 May under the theme ‘ISIS in South Africa? Measuring its Scope and Mitigating its Influence’. This year’s event is[…]

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PLO chief warns of chaos if US moves embassy to Jerusalem

A senior Palestinian official warned US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday that moving the American embassy to Jerusalem would destroy prospects of peace with Israel and push the region into turmoil. The remarks by the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Saeb Erekat, came as Israeli officials praised Trump’s[…]

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Remaining vigilant of extremism in our midst

The following is the Jumuah Khutbah delivered by Imam Rashied Omar from the Claremont Main Road Mosque on Friday 15th July.  Over the past weekend we received the disturbing news of four people being arrested in Gauteng province in connection with charges related to planning acts of terror on South[…]

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‘You Ain’t No Muslim Bruv’: Are we getting it wrong?

As the world continues to react to US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Islamo-facist statements against Muslims, it seems another storm is brewing in the UK following Saturday’s stabbing at a London Underground station. Muhaydin Mire, of Leytonstone, is accused of sawing at the throat of a 56-year-old man at Leytonstone[…]

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Activists decry mosque closures in France

Closing mosques in France that authorities say foster extremism will not prevent people from becoming ‘radicalised’ and could heighten a sense of alienation among the Muslim minority, rights groups and activists have said. At least three mosques have already been closed under France’s extended emergency rule, which allows authorities to[…]

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Unveiling the heart of extremism

OPINION by Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool In an opinion piece in the Washington Post last week, Dr Ebrahim Moosa wrote about his friend, Rashid Moosagee, who studied theology with him in India and returned to South Africa with him. In the face of an evil and unjust apartheid system his friend asserted[…]

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Stemming the spread of violent extremism in communities

With radicalism and extremism on the rise, global think-tanks as the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) are trying to counter violent extremism at the most basic level. Based in Geneva, GCERF has started community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience against violent extremism. In the most basic terms, this[…]

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‘Anti-extremism measures threaten global security’

Fighting extremism with disproportionate policies violates human rights, thus undermining the values that have been holding together global security, UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Thursday in Geneva. “Terrorist attacks cannot destroy the values on which our societies are grounded – but laws and policies can,” the UN[…]

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26 foreigners arrested for ‘terrorism’ in Saudi

Saudi Arabia said Sunday it has arrested 135 suspects for “terrorism” offences, after the kingdom’s participation in air strikes against Islamic State group extremists raised concerns about possible retaliation. The suspects include 26 foreign nationals, mostly from Syria, interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said, cited by the official Saudi Press[…]

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