Are there any peaceful muslim nations?

THE DERADICALISATION PROCESS

Positive counter-speech initiatives effectively countered the extremist narrative; however, separate factors influenced the impact of counter-speech initiatives for members of these two groups:

• former Islamist participants acknowledged that it was the speakers’ ability to undermine the foundations of the extremist narrative through a theological lens, which encouraged them to reflect and challenge their extremist ideology; whereas

• former far-right participants stated that the coherent and articulated delivery of the counter-narrative was an important factor which enabled them to engage with the narrative.

Special forces enter Radisson after gunmen take hostages

THE hostage situation in Mali is reportedly over with 27 bodies being counted at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital, Bamako....

African jihadist group Al-Mourabitoun, affiliated with al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack on the luxury hotel packed with foreigners....

THREE out of four Australians believe a large-scale terror attack is likely to occur on our shores and one in four believe it’s inevitable, the latest Newspoll shows.

The poll, taken at the weekend for The Australian, also shows that two thirds of Australians believe the Muslim community is not doing enough to condemn terrorist acts...

Responding to the results, Liberal MP Andrew Nikolic told reporters Australians were right to be worried.

“It’s little wonder people are concerned when you see what happened in Paris, when you listen to the head of ASIO tell us there are 400 high priority investigations going on in our country that people still choose to go over and fight in Iraq and Syria, so people should be concerned,” he said...

Treasurer Scott Morrison said safety was at the centre of every government decision being made.

“The primary reason for us doing everything that we’re doing is to keep Australians safe,” he told 2GB radio...

Boko Haram’s female suicide bombers stalk Cameroon

FIVE people have been killed in a double suicide attack by two young women in the restive far north of Cameroon...

No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, though they are in line with others launched by Boko Haram which has expanded attacks into Cameroon, Chad and Niger...

In total, more than 100 people have been killed in the far north of Cameroon in 20 suicide attacks blamed on the Nigerian jihadists since July.

Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has left at least 17,000 people dead and made more than 2.6 million homeless

IS controlling Sirte, Libya: City used to plot terror attacks

MUSIC is no longer played here and the first public beheadings have already taken place.

But this isn’t Iraq or Syria. In fact, this city is thousands of kilometres away on Europe’s doorstep — but Islamic State is fully in control...

According to reports, the number of fighters there has skyrocketed from 200 to 5000 in less than 12 months, with the group exploiting Libya’s deep divisions and two rival political parties...

Jakarta bombing: Attackers, civilians killed in blasts claimed by Islamic State, police say

Islamic State (IS) militants have claimed a gun and bomb assault on Indonesia's capital, police say, marking the first assault on the Muslim-majority country by the radical group.

Five of the seven people killed were the attackers themselves.

It took security forces about three hours to end the siege near a Starbucks cafe and Sarinah's, Jakarta's oldest department store, after a team of about seven militants traded gunfire with police and blew themselves up...

Misunderstandings
of Islam

2016.01.19 (Pakistan)
Eleven people at a market are blown to bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.

2016.01.18 (Cameroon)
A suicide bomber hits a rival mosque, taking out four woshippers.

2016.01.17 (Yemen)
A Fedayeen suicide bomber rams a bus into the home of a policeman, killing eleven.

2016.01.17 (Israel)
A mother of six children is stabbed to death in her home by an Arab terrorist.

2016.01.16 (Iraq)
An accused homosexual is flung from a roof by Religion of Peace proponents.

2016.01.16 (Syria)
Three hundred people are reported massacred during an ISIS assault on a small town featuring a suicide blast and 'door-to-door' beheadings.

(Note: Data for each attack is sometimes pulled from multiple sources. The provided link may not be in complete agreement with the updated detail for the incident).