Jihad

Belgium thwarted terror cell aiming to target politicians

The Belgian prosecutor's office said that the Jihadi-inspired attackers were using a 3D printer to manufacture components "useful in carrying out an attack."

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Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), at the Chancellery, in Berlin, Germany August 26, 2025.
MARWAN BARGHOUTI is brought into court by police for his judgment hearing in May 2004, at which he was convicted on five counts of murder in terrorist attacks.

Marwan Barghouti not included in hostage, prisoner exhange deal, PMO confirms

The deal will not include the release of four high-profile Palestinian prisoners long sought by Hamas in negotiations: Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa’adat, Hassan Salameh, and Abbas al-Sayed.

|ByLIRAN HARONI, IDAN KWELLER
People gather near the scene, after an attack in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025.

'I'm scared to go to the synagogue,' Manchester synagogue terror attack survivors speak to NYT

Survivors of the Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester describe fear, grief, and rising antisemitism as police tighten security across the city.

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A bomb disposal technician secures evidence at the scene, after a report of an incident in which a car was driven at pedestrians and a stabbing attack outside a synagogue, in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025

Manchester terrorist Shamie was out on bail for rape, could be behind death threats to MP

Jihad al-Shamie might have also been behind the death threats sent to a Tory MP in 2012.

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US National Guard soldier charged for attempting to send 3D-printed gun parts to al-Qaeda

Andrew Scott Hastings, 25, allegedly shipped 3D-printed gun parts to an agent posing as an al-Qaeda contact, the Justice Department announced.

OCTOBER 3, 2025ByJAMES GENN
A 3D printer creating a pistol; illustrative.

ISIS terrorists kill five, wound one US-backed SDF soldiers in northeast Syria

ISIS terrorists targeted Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers in northeast Syria, killing five and wounding one. The SDF claims they thwarted the attack and vowed to avenge the "martyrs."

SEPTEMBER 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) hold a flag in the divided city of Deir al-Zor, Syria December 7, 2024.

How can the West defend Qatar but ignore its Hamas sponsorship? - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: The hypocrisy of Western countries that condemn Israel’s hit on Hamas in Qatar is striking.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER José Manuel Albares: He has flagrantly, brazenly, and reprehensibly led the effort to kill the EU’s trade and other cooperation agreements with Israel, the writer charges.

South African politician stirs outrage with 'jihad' remarks, wrapped in keffiyeh

Dr. Naledi Pandor also claimed that Israel had been carrying out a “genocide” in Gaza since October 8, 2023, despite Israeli military operations not beginning until October 27.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, leads a webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on the African continent, OR Tambo Building, Pretoria. May 28, 2020.

The end of the Muslim Brotherhood, but the birth of neo-jihadism - opinion

Ahmed al-Sharaa is engineering neo-jihadism: a new hybrid ideology that fuses the political tactics of the Muslim Brotherhood and the violent rigor of al-Qaeda and ISIS.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2025ByDALIA ZIADA
SYRIAN PRESIDENT Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the opening of the Damascus International Fair, the first held since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in Damascus, last week. ‘Sharaa is engineering something I call neo-jihadism,’ says the writer.

The Mideast’s victimhood: How Gaza dominates the Arab world and ignores other crises - opinion

The Arab media’s overwhelming focus on Gaza, portrayed as the ultimate test of Arab commitment to justice and freedom. ignores crises in Yemen, Sudan, Syria, and more.

AUGUST 26, 2025BySALEM ALKETBI
Demonstrators carry flags as they take part in a protest against the hunger crisis in Gaza, in Sidon, Lebanon July 25, 2025

The caliphate will be televised, and the West will fall – opinion

In attacking Israel, Europe has quite possibly mortgaged its own future in a breathtaking form of self-sabotage.

AUGUST 9, 2025ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
PEOPLE MOURN in front of the Bataclan concert hall following a series of deadly attacks in Paris in 2015. The memory of such events lasts just long enough for the hashtags to fade, the writer laments.

Can federalism save Syria from collapse? – opinion

As militias tighten their grip and minority communities demand autonomy, federalism emerges not as a theory but as Syria’s last realistic chance to survive.

AUGUST 4, 2025ByMORDECHAI KEDAR
The leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces signed a deal on March 11 with Syria’s new president Ahmed al-Sharaa

Indonesian textbooks show major shift towards tolerance and inclusivity, report finds

Indonesia's national curriculum has faced several changes in the curriculum content, namely on subjects including Judaism and the Jewish people, Israel and the Holocaust, and minorities

JULY 31, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Visually impaired students recite the Koran written in braille during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Raudlatul Makfufin Islamic boarding school in South Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2025.

WATCH: Man shouts 'Allahu Akbar' on UK easyJet flight, 'wanted to send message to Trump'

The easyJet flight from London Luton, was forced to undergo an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport, where police boarded the plane and arrested the suspected terrorist.

JULY 27, 2025ByJAMES GENN
EasyJet airplane

Pakistan fears militants will thrive on restive border if Iran destabilized

Pakistan has unstable borders with Taliban-run Afghanistan and arch-rival India. It does not want to add another volatile frontier on its long border with Iran.

JUNE 19, 2025ByREUTERS
Pakistani pilgrims walk with their belongings after they returned from Iran, following the Israeli strikes in Iran, at the Pakistan-Iran border crossing in Taftan, Pakistan June 19, 2025.