Are there any peaceful muslim nations?

A US Defense Department map shows Islamic State’s operating areas as of April. The light brown is where IS dominates, while the orange reflects its territorial losses since August 2014.

Islamic State hackers attack Australian public servants, issuing a frightening hit list

AUSTRALIAN defence officials, public servants and a Member of Parliament have been placed on a frightening Islamic State hit list.

Their personal details, including phone numbers and email addresses, have been shared on social media as the death cult claimed it had hacked American government and military computers.

Australia’s top IS recruiter Neil Prakash, from Melbourne, sent the list to his 1100 followers and urged them to attack. One post he shared said: “Kill them where you find them and enslave their women.”...

The aggregate size of the economies of all Muslim countries put together is around $5.7 trillion — or 8.1pc of the world total. The largest economy in the Islamic world is Indonesia with a size of $846 billion, followed by Turkey ($775bn) and Saudi Arabia ($577bn). Iran is the only other Muslim country with a GDP larger than $500bn.

While Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population, it ranks eighth within the Islamic world in terms of size of the economy.

The oil-producing countries of the Islamic world account for the bulk of the combined size of the economy of the ummah, with a share of 73pc. Excluding the contribution of oil to the economies of Muslim-majority countries, the non-oil GDP of the Islamic world is a paltry 4pc of the world GDP (my estimate).

Overall, the combined per capita income of Muslim countries amounts to $4,185, which is approximately 40pc of the world’s

The 280m Arabs spend a higher percentage of GDP on education than any other developing region, and yet some 65m adults are illiterate and about 10m children still have no schooling at all. There is little Arab writing, or translation from other languages: in the 1,000 years since the Caliph Mamoun, noted the authors, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in a single year.

Islamic State planning nuclear holocaust, says journalist who spent 10 days embedded with terrorist group

NUCLEAR warfare is Islamic State’s end game with plans for the “largest religious cleansing in history”, according to a veteran German journalist who spent 10 days embedded with the militant group.

Jürgen Todenhöfer detailed his 10-day stay with the terrorist organisation in his new book ‘Inside IS — Ten Days In The Islamic State’...

Islamic State has traditionally shun western media outlets over the years, instead choosing to spread their message across social media networks like Twitter.

But it is believed Todenhöfer, 75, was allowed to visit thanks to his vocal opposition to the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan...

Jihadic as a whole? Islam is large and many are not engaged in jihad.