Arrivals from Muslim countries being detained at US Airports
From Newsmax U.S. authorities wasted no time implementing Donald Trump’s order halting Muslim arrivals, detaining travelers arriving at American airports within hours of the U.S. president signing the tough new measures, media reports said Saturday. The New York Times reported…
Turkey nightclub attack: IS says it carried out shooting
From BBC So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried out by “a heroic soldier”. At least 600 revellers were…
President Obama and the War On Terror
By Ewin James. William Tecumseh Sherman, a General in the Union Army in the American Civil war said that war is hell. This means that no war is good. A war may be inevitable and in the end serve some…
Russian Ambassador to Turkey killed; Gunman shouted ‘Don’t Forget Aleppo’
From Newsmax Russia’s ambassador was shot dead in the Turkish capital on Monday in an assassination apparently linked to Syria’s civil war, heightening tensions over a conflict that’s drawn in almost all the region’s main powers. Andrey Karlov was shot…
ISIS in the Caribbean
By SIMON COTTEE From The Atlantic Trinidad has the highest rate of Islamic State recruitment in the Western hemisphere. How did this happen? This summer, the so-called Islamic State published issue 15 of its online magazine Dabiq. In what has…
Sex slavery is thriving on social media apps
By James Cockayne, The Conversation UK From Business Insider The members of the United Nations Security Council hear terrible stories from conflict zones with alarming frequency. So it takes a truly horrific tale to bring them to tears. Yet as…
TAKFIRINOMICS: How ISIS funds its caliphate
By Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, “ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror” From Business Insider In this excerpt from “ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,” co-authors Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan explain how ISIS funds its nascent caliphate. ISIS has…
Trinidad imam rejects ISIS recruitment allegations
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Imam Nazim Mohammed has denied suggestions that he recruited Trinidad and Tobago national Shane Crawford to fight for extremist militant group ISIS. In fact, Mohammed said he does not know, nor…
Turkey arrests nine Caribbean islanders attempting to join ISIS in Syria
BY JOSEPH FITSANAKIS From INTELNEWS.ORG Turkish police have detained nine citizens of Trinidad and Tobago who were on their way to Syria, allegedly to join the Islamic State. They are believed to have traveled from Trinidad and Tobago to Caracas…
Islamic State magazine showcases Caribbean Jihadis thwarting local police
By by FRANCES MARTEL From Breitbart The latest issue of the Islamic State (ISIS) magazine, Dabiq, features two stories on jihadis based in the Caribbean – one an interview, one an obituary – encouraging Caribbean islanders to abandon Christianity and…
