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  Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIL in March.   In June, ISIL declared territory seized by Boko Haram as its West African province.   In addition to sending...

  Ahmed Karima, a professor of Islamic Law, said the participation of “intellectuals” in renewing religious discourse as per President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s call is...

  Some of the world's most precious cultural treasures, including ancient sites in the cradle of civilization, are in areas controlled by the group and...

  The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which monitors Islamist militant online activity, this week published a comprehensive analysis of the jihadists' practice of sexual slavery,...

  The Assyrian monastery was founded in the 5th century A.D. as a Syriac Orthodox Monastery. In the 17th century it became a Syriac Catholic...

  Amnesty’s director of faith and human rights, Yasmin Hussein, stayed overnight at the residence of a Muslim Brotherhood advisor during an official visit to...

  The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) have been present in the Sinai since Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel. About 700 personnel, including an...

  “You super-charge something with a religious belief and it becomes much more palatable and easier to spread,” she said on The Glenn Beck Program. “So...