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Charlotte Littlewood speaks at a London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism event in this undated photo. (Lakruwan Rajapaksha/ London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism)
March 14, 2026, 2:17 pm
UK extremism expert: As Islamist narratives go mainstream, politicians fear confrontation
Charlotte Littlewood says Britain is losing an ‘uphill battle’ as groups like the Muslim Brotherhood use antisemitism as a strategic tool to undermine Western societies
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Protesters in the Jordanian capital Amman fly the national and Palestinian flags as well as flags of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they rally in support of Palestinians on January 27, 2023. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
January 13, 2026, 9:04 pm
US labels Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan terror organizations
Washington accuses brotherhood branches of collaborating with Hamas and Hezbollah; Egypt, where fundamentalist group was born, praises move against ‘extremist ideology’
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
A fighter from the Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group under the banner of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an ISIS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 17, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)
December 25, 2025, 8:43 pm
Syria says its forces killed senior ISIS leader, nabbed operative near Damascus
Syrian authorities say prominent terrorist Mohammad Shahada killed, another cell leader arrested in coordination with US-led coalition in wake of attack on Americans in Palmyra
By AFP
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walks with police officers after laying flowers on December 15, 2025, at the Bondi Pavilion at the scene of a terror attack targeting a Jewish event. (Handout / AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP)
December 18, 2025, 12:10 pm
Australian PM vows new laws to crack down on hate after deadly Hanukkah terror attack
Reforms will target extremist preachers, as some urge expansion of hate speech definition to include ‘Globalize the intifada’; killers said to have holed up in hotel for most of Philippines visit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sajid Akram, foreground, and Naveed Akram open fire in a terror attack on people at a Jewish event in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025, in an image taken from a video posted online. (Screen capture: X)
December 18, 2025, 10:46 am
Terror attacks from Bondi to Boston show family ties behind deadly extremism
Close-knit familial connections can foster indoctrination, experts say, though father-son attacker pairs, such as the Hanukkah massacre shooters, are more rare than siblings
By AFP
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gestures next to US President Donald Trump at Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 30, 2025, 5:33 pm
Why Qatar is the big winner of Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza
The failed Israeli attack in Doha and Netanyahu’s apology have boosted the clout of the tiny, immensely wealthy Gulf state, while Trump has handed it carte blanche for deeper involvement in Gaza and the region
By Ksenia Svetlova
Women walk along a street in Tehran on April 19, 2023, days after authorities shut more than 150 businesses for not respecting the obligation for women to wear headscarves. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 8, 2023, 8:02 pm
Blasphemy executions denounced by rights groups as ‘shocking new low’ for Iran
Amnesty International, others decry hangings of men accused of mocking Islam online, amid sharp spike in regime killings, at least 208 of which have been committed this year
By Stuart Williams
A screen capture from unverified video on social media shows an anti-regime protest in the Iranian city of Behbahan on July 16, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 20, 2020, 11:44 am
Iran arrests ‘perpetrators’ of last week’s demonstrations
Iranians took to streets in southwestern Behbahan region, less than a year after hundreds were killed in nationwide protests over the cost of gas
By AFP
William Mehrvarz, who recently converted from Islam to Judaism, fled Iran to escape apostasy charges. His asylum case is pending. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
May 5, 2018, 4:35 am
Fleeing native Iran, a would-be convert to Judaism gets new start in NYC
Despite being born a Muslim, William Mehrvarz felt he was always meant to be a Jew. Now, fearing apostasy laws, he has abandoned his old life — and wife — for refuge in the US
By Cathryn J. Prince
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, as they arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
February 15, 2017, 8:19 pm
PM at White House: Radical Islamic terror threatens US, Israeli values
Trump tells joint press conference that Iran will never be allowed to get nuclear weapons, hails ‘unbreakable’ bond with Jewish state
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Francois Fillon, candidate in the center-right Les Republicains party primaries and former French prime minister, at a polling station on November 20, 2016 in Paris. (AFP Photo/Martin Bureau)
November 29, 2016, 6:49 am
When it comes to Israel, is François Fillon friend or foe?
An examination of statements by France’s Republican presidential candidate on Israel, Middle East conflicts, and the Jewish community
By Glenn Cloarec
Nir Menussi
July 25, 2016, 1:57 pm
Nir Menussi
The Islamic elephant in the room
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks glosses over Islam’s inherent violence and also whitewashes Judaism’s violent dimension
Israeli security forces at the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Sarona Market shopping center in Tel Aviv, June 8, 2016. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
June 16, 2016, 10:25 am
After Orlando, after Sarona
On this week’s episode: Responding to the deadly attacks on a Tel Aviv market and a Florida gay bar; staying vigilant on ‘terrorism’ and mum on Islamic fundamentalism; and getting too good at moving past the pain
By Raoul Wootliff
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington DC, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
March 17, 2016, 4:40 pm
Kerry determines IS committing genocide in Iraq, Syria
Announcement that Christians, Yazidis and Shiites are victims of genocidal atrocities won’t obligate US to further action
By Matthew Lee
Israel's ambassador to Gambia Paul Hirschson inspects an honor guard in Gambia's capital Banjul, January 12, 2016. (Courtesy Israel Embassy, Dakar)
January 15, 2016, 6:20 am
When the world’s newest Islamic republic honors the Jewish state
Paul Hirschson, Israel’s ambassador to Gambia, dissects the significance of a tiny West African nation’s name change
By Raphael Ahren
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