Islamists
Taliban Say It’s OK Women Are Banned From a Major Meeting, Their Sons Are Here
The grand assembly is made up of 3,500 tribal leaders and religious scholars, but – surprise – no women are allowed.
New ISIS Leader Reportedly Captured in Turkey
Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi has been the terror group’s leader for 2 months. He was arrested in a police operation in Istanbul, Turkish news website OdaTV reported.
The Taliban Is Forcing Female News Anchors to Wear COVID Masks
Afghan women are now coming under further pressure from the Islamist hardliners to cover their faces and only wear headscarves in approved colours.
The Taliban Said Girls Could Go to School, Then Suddenly Changed Their Minds
The Taliban claimed the uniform – which included a hijab – was not compatible with Islamic modesty codes.
UK Hate-Preacher Anjem Choudary Made an Extremely Brief Return to Social Media
The radical Islamist preacher created a Twitter account that lasted five days and a Facebook page that lasted all of eight minutes.
A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy is out of prison. Now her life depends on getting out of Pakistan.
Outraged hardliners want her banned from leaving, and have vowed to paralyze the country is she is allowed to flee.
Pakistan’s top court acquitted a Christian woman of blasphemy. Now hardliners want the judges dead.
The head of the Islamist TPL has issued an edict that says "the chief justice and all those who ordered the release of Asia deserve death.”
Meet the Muslims Who Keep Christmas Safe in Indonesia
“What does it say about us Muslims if we disrupt people practicing their own religion? In the end, it all comes down to the individual. Faith is a private matter."
Scenes From Jakarta's Anti-Ahok Protests
More than 100,000 protestors, many of them hard-line Islamists, took to the streets of the Indonesian capital to demand that Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama be arrested on charges of blasphemy.
The Man Behind the Mask? When We Met Islamic State’s Suspected New Executioner
VICE News visited Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, at his garage in East London in 2013, where he talked about his radicalization process and predicted Islamic State "warfare."
Talking Heads: Who's Supporting Assad?
VICE News sat down with Charles Glass, who drove through Syria to understand why people still support Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The 'Charlie Hebdo' Attack and the Awkward Truths About Our Fetish for 'Free Speech'
Trying to escape from the moral maze of Wednesday's massacre and its aftermath.