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34 Palestinians dead as Islamic Jihad, Israel stop hostilities across Gaza Strip

Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams, Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 06:14 PM

Islamic Jihad said Israel had accepted its demand to stop both the targeted killing of militants and sometimes lethal army gunfire at weekly Palestinian protests on the Gaza border. Read more »

Red Cross: 22,000 missing in Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 01:34 AM

Nearly 22,000 people, mostly children, are missing as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Thursday.  Read more »

Indonesia police shoot suspected militant after station attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 11:03 PM

Indonesian authorities said Sunday they shot and arrested a suspected militant who attacked police officers at a station in the country's second-biggest city.   Read more »

Mozambican Catholic bishop slams gov't over jihadist attacks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 23 08:33 PM

MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE - A Mozambican Catholic bishop has lambasted the government over what he said was its failure to curb a radical Islamist insurgency ravaging the country's north, claiming hundreds of civilian lives. Read more »

'Victims and perpetrators': Rehabilitating Indonesia's child bombers

Kiki Siregar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 10:31 AM

The world's biggest Muslim majority nation is grappling with the growing global threat of 'family attacks' and also with how to reintegrate returning IS jihadists and their relatives as the extremist group's caliphate lies in ruins, a challenge faced by many nations including France and the United States. Read more »

'Victims and perpetrators': Rehabilitating Indonesia's child bombers

Kiki Siregar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 01:32 PM

The world's biggest Muslim majority nation is grappling with the growing global threat of 'family attacks' and also with how to reintegrate returning IS jihadists and their relatives as the extremist group's caliphate lies in ruins, a challenge faced by many nations including France and the United States.  Read more »

Indian police ask interfaith couples: Is it love or terror?

Rupam Jain and Jose Devasia, Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 03:24 PM

India's Supreme Court will begin hearing a case on Monday that prosecutors say shows how Islamic State sympathizers are using “Love Jihad” – marrying Hindu women and converting them to Hinduism – to win recruits and spread their message. Read more »

Singapore border guard arrested for Syria 'jihad' plans

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 04:58 AM

A Muslim border security officer in Singapore has been arrested for planning to fight in Syria, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Maute trains children for combat - military intel

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 09:05 PM

The Maute group has been training children for combat and equipping them to use sniper weapons, photos taken by military intelligence inside the Maute training camp in Butig, Lanao del Sur show. Read more »

AFP vows to prevent Mindanao from becoming a jihad destination

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 05:44 PM

MANILA- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed to protect Mindanao from becoming a jihad destination amid fears that more Islamic State or ISIS fighters may choose to fight in southern Philippines.  Read more »

Marawi area becoming preferred jihad destination: analyst

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 04:26 PM

Mindanao may not be a caliphate (territory) of the Islamic State (IS), but the area around Marawi is becoming a preferred jihad destination in Asia, an analyst said Thursday. Read more »