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Southern Africa ‘fertile ground’ for extremism, expert warns after kidnap arrests

Police are reluctant to divulge details after the rescue operation of a kidnapped foreign businessman in an early-morning raid in Johannesburg and the arrest of nine people, including several foreign nationals. On Sunday afternoon, officers conducting follow-up operations arrested four people, including a woman, who are allegedly linked to a kidnapping syndicate. The syndicate is suspected of being involved with other organised crime gangs linked to kidnappings around the country. […]

today28 July 2020

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Muslims must reflect on the “crisis of extremism”

With hundreds of families picking up the pieces after yesterday’s wretched carnage in Kabul, one Islamic scholar has called on Muslims to confront the “crisis of extremism” facing the ummah. There were bloody scenes on the streets of the Afghan capital on Wednesday after a suicide car bomb explosion, killed 90 people and injured 400. The powerful blast went off during the morning rush hour near Zanbaq Square, the heavily […]

today1 June 2017

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Open and honest conversation critical in fighting extremisms: symposium

By Yaseen Kippie The Rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South Africa was the topic of discussion at IPSA's 7th Annual Wasatiyyah symposium this past Saturday. The symposium took place at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. With the emphasis on the root causes behind people joining the group, ISIS-based ideologies in South Africa and the hysteria of the media, the call was […]

today24 May 2017

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Riyadh summit discusses ways of rooting out terrorism

US President Donald Trump, leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim-dominated countries kicked off their Arab-Islamic-American summit in Riyadh on Sunday, focusing on unity in the fight against terrorism. King Salman of Saudi Arabia was the first to address the summit, telling the gathering that Islam provided the best example for coexistence and "will always be the religion of mercy and coexistence". King Salman highlighted that some people seek […]

today22 May 2017

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SA Muslims to unpack ISIS phenomenon

Is South Africa vulnerable to ISIS activity on its soil? That’s the question experts will unpack at IPSA’s 7th Annual Wasatiyyah Symposium, to be held in Cape Town on Saturday 20 May under the theme ‘ISIS in South Africa? Measuring its Scope and Mitigating its Influence’. This year’s event is hosted in partnership with the Afro Middle East Centre (AMEC) and seeks to examine the presence of aspects of ISIS’s […]

today17 May 2017

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PLO chief warns of chaos if US moves embassy to Jerusalem

A senior Palestinian official warned US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday that moving the American embassy to Jerusalem would destroy prospects of peace with Israel and push the region into turmoil. The remarks by the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Saeb Erekat, came as Israeli officials praised Trump's decision to nominate hardliner David Friedman as envoy to Israel. The Palestinians regard east Jerusalem as the capital of their […]

today17 December 2016

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