The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/islamists/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:31:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Islamists | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/islamists/ 32 32 Islamist and Kurdish texts banned under Assad openly displayed at Damascus book fair https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamist-and-kurdish-texts-banned-under-assad-openly-displayed-at-damascus-book-fair/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:06:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3753464 Sayyid Qutb's 'Milestones,' biography of ex-al-Qaeda figure on sale; event coordinator says no books are banned, aside from those that offend country's norms or glorify old regime

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]]> Bondi Hanukkah terrorist was teen preacher for Islamic group, follower of radical cleric https://www.timesofisrael.com/bondi-hanukkah-terrorist-was-teen-preacher-for-islamic-group-follower-of-radical-cleric/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:02:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3713235 At 17, Naveed Akram was member of Street Dawah movement urging people to spread word of Islam; several members with ties to ISIS have been convicted on terror charges

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]]> Germany foils suspected Islamist car ramming plot targeting Christmas market https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-foils-suspected-islamist-car-ramming-plot-on-christmas-market/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 06:05:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3711193 Authorities detain an Egyptian, three Moroccans and a Syrian over alleged plan to carry out attack in Bavaria with intent to kill 'as many people as possible'

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]]> Austrian authorities say Villach stabber was Islamist, pledged allegiance to ISIS https://www.timesofisrael.com/austrian-authorities-say-villach-stabber-was-islamist-pledged-allegiance-to-isis/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:18:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3483743 Austrian minister says 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was radicalized online before killing 14-year-old boy, wounding five others

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]]> Afghan man charged in Germany for killing police officer in Islamist knife attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/afghan-man-charged-in-germany-for-killing-police-officer-in-islamist-knife-attack/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:06:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3413689 Prosecutors say man who attacked anti-Islam rally in western city of Mannheim in May harbors 'sympathy' for ISIS and 'shares its ideology'

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]]> Pioneering genocide researcher Father Desbois denounces mass murder charges against Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/pioneering-genocide-researcher-father-desbois-denounces-mass-murder-charges-against-israel/ Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:17:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3399238 French-Catholic priest behind 'Holocaust by Bullets' investigations visits Gaza border communities, decries anti-Israel 'propaganda' and pushes for trials for Hamas terrorists

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]]> Islamists score big in Jordanian election held in shadow of Gaza war https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamists-score-big-in-jordanian-election-held-in-shadow-of-gaza-war/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:37:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3374181 Islamic Action Front, an offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood that wants to end peace treaty with Israel, wins 31 of 138 seats in parliament

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]]> Argentine police thwart Islamist terror cell planning attacks on Jewish community https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentine-police-thwart-islamist-terror-cell-planning-attacks-on-jewish-community/ Sat, 17 Aug 2024 07:15:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3355844 Authorities say seven members of alleged group arrested after raids on their homes in city of Mendoza; firearms, knives and electronic devices seized

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]]> Germany bans group accused of Iran links and Hezbollah support, raids properties https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-bans-group-accused-of-iran-links-and-hezbollah-support-raids-properties/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:12:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3338594 Hamburg Islamic Centre promotes 'Islamist-extremist, totalitarian ideology' and supports Hezbollah, says German interior minister, as ban shutters four Shiite mosques

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]]> A New York Yiddish center finds Nazis lurking deep within Hamas’s ideology https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-ny-yiddish-center-finds-nazis-lurking-deep-within-hamass-ideology/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 07:35:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3228535 Starting Feb. 26, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research sponsors a 3-part webinar with scholars countering the view that October 7 was 'payback' for Israel's rule over the West Bank

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]]> UK to ban Sunni Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir for antisemitism and promoting terror https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-to-ban-sunni-islamist-hizb-ut-tahrir-for-antisemitism-promoting-terror/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:12:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3201479 Home Secretary Cleverly notes that group, already banned in other countries, praised and celebrated October 7 Hamas attacks

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]]> Police in European countries arrest suspects in terror plots tied to Israel-Hamas war https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-in-european-countries-arrest-suspects-in-terror-plots-tied-to-israel-hamas-war/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 03:07:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3142291 Several men detained for allegedly perpetrating or planning to perpetrate attacks while citing events in Gaza

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]]> UK remands Islamist preacher in custody on terror charges https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-remands-islamist-preacher-in-custody-on-terror-charges/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:41:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3058022 Radical cleric Anjem Choudary was arrested together with a Canadian man; both are charged with being members of a terrorist organization

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]]> Islamist antisemitism in the US masked by alliance with far left – study https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamist-antisemitism-in-the-us-masked-by-alliance-with-far-left-study/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 06:26:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2997584 INSS report argues that rebranding of extremist groups as human rights organizations threatens to bring fringe ideas into the mainstream

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]]> Iranian arrested in Germany on suspicion of Islamist chemical attack plot https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-arrested-in-germany-on-suspicion-of-islamist-chemical-attack-plot/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 06:18:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2919685 Police find cyanide and ricin during search of residence in town of Castrop-Rauxel; second person, said to be main suspect's brother, also placed in custody

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