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The idea is to fight the hijab as a political tool used and promoted by Islamist militants, if you believe that the Islamist political project is indeed totalitarian, then you have to fight its distinctive signs. The same way you would ban the swastika in the public sphere, as is the case already. – Ludwig Knoepffler	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We can invest in the United Nations and start and use United Nations programs to support the Afghan people, we can bring in regional partners in India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and others to work together. The Taliban isn't universally popular, but it is inspiring others. Islamist groups in Africa and in Asia are drawing inspiration and we need to work with partners around the world. We need to start acting internationally. – Tom Tugendhat	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is a great victory for the radical Islamist jihad world, and they will gain momentum from this. – Michael McCaul	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
She was a police officer. Stephanie has been killed in her police station in Rambouillet, on the already wounded land of the Yvelines. The Nation stands by the side of her family, her colleagues, and law enforcement officers. We will not give up the fight against Islamist terrorism. – Emmanuel Macron	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I see it as a shift from Silicon Valley cracking down on a lot of other violent groups around the world, like Islamist extremists, to cracking down on white domestic extremists. – Daphne Keller	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The government is on the offensive against what they see as a potential locus of popular Islamist opposition, sharpened by the recent return of Rizieq, while having a sound legal foundation, the banning is clearly politically driven as well. – Ian Wilson	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
He told you that radical Islamist terrorism does not stem from an ideology. He told you that 9/11 (the Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States) led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East, the results of these misjudgments have been dire. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The other thing is, unfortunately, the reality of our situation is that the principal terror threats in the UK do originate from Islamist sympathizers, i do understand that's different from the religion of Islam, but it's the reality of who the perpetrators are of the majority of the offenses. If the show were set in the recent British past, the attackers might be Irish republicans. – Jed Mercurio	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The West describes the Brotherhood group as fundamentalist and religious, and some parties want to put them in the category of terrorism, the fact is that the Muslim Brotherhood is a moderate Islamist movement that accepts political pluralism and receives great harm from terrorist movements. It is an anti-terrorist movement of all kinds, including against the state terrorism by Bashar al-Assad. – Omar Mushaweh	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I don't think he loves his people, I think he loves himself. The difference between Kim Jong Un and a radical Islamist is they want to die for their cause -- Kim Jong Un doesn't. Kim Jong wants to live a good life, Kim Jong wants security. Above all else, Kim Jong wants to be secure. – Lindsey Graham	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I worked with Fred Fleitz at CSP and Fred Fleitz primary responsibility was the Iran nuclear program. Fred Fleitz has done some of the best work exposing the nature of that threat and how the Iran deal actually made it worse, those attempting to paint Fred Fleitz as Fred Fleitz are mistaken. He is not and he rarely focused on the Islamist issues except as they related to malign activities of the Iranian regime. – Jim Hanson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Pathways out of extremism are very rarely instantaneous. It can take years for former extremists to fully disengage from this ideology. Expecting someone who was fighting alongside ISIS one day to be a legitimate ally in the fight against Islamist extremism the day after is an unrealistic expectation, the increasingly popular idea that we should not jail terrorists because that would only make them even more radical shows how utterly backwards this entire debate can become. Yes, prison radicalization does exist. However, the answer is to deal with the conditions that create prison radicalization – an inability to isolate charismatic Islamist recruiters, for example – not stop sending those who broke the law to prison. – Robin Simcox	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Usama had good relations with my late father, thus we don’t support the American narrative, declaring him a terrorist, he did jihad, to implement Sharia around the world. So, for us he is an Islamist warrior. We title our library after his name with audacity. – Abdul Aziz	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
These revelations are shocking and infuriating, while American soldiers were bravely fighting ISIS terrorists, with some paying the ultimate price, the Obama administration reportedly was protecting Hezbollah terrorists who were funding themselves by trafficking illegal drugs. No wonder President Obama couldn’t bring himself to call them ‘Radical Islamist Terrorists.’. – Robert Pittenger	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This ISIS-Taliban joint attack represents a nightmare scenario come true. The Taliban and ISIS are widely understood to be foes, not friends, because of the Taliban’s close alliance with Al Qaeda — a bitter rival of ISIS. And yet Islamist terror groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region are all cut from the same basic ideological cloth. – Michael Kugelman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It’s the main engine driving the terror radicalization process. Any effort to combat Islamist terrorism needs to take the MB's global network into account. – Ben Evansky	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
He will develop a strong, respectful message that the United States and the entire civilized world expects our Muslim allies to take a strong stand against radical Islamist ideology, an ideology that uses a perverted interpretation of religion to justify crimes against all humanity, he will call for Muslim leaders to promote a peaceful vision of Islam. – National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We know the threat from Islamist terrorism is very real. But while the public should remain utterly vigilant, they should not and will not be cowed by this threat. – British Prime MinisterTheresa May	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The President-elect wants stronger relationships with Russia and to change the dynamics we have with Russia, there are radical Islamist forces that will perhaps be more aggressive in attacks against Russia and I think it is an opportunity for us to work with them, but Russia is not our friend – [ President Vladimir ] Putin is not our friend. – Michael McCaul	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Father Josiah Trenham said. The incident took place on April 12, some four months after a terror attack left 14 dead in nearby San Bernardino, and just over three months before a French priest was killed by ISIS-linked jihadists in his church. The events, whether far or near, underscore a grim new reality for pastors such as Father Josiah Trenham : Instead of offering sanctuary from evil, churches could in fact be attractive targets for terror. Many churches are now hiring self-defense instructors for classes or security guards that include off-duty police, said Ryan Mauro, a professor of Homeland Security at Liberty University and national security analyst for the Clarion Project. If you are an Islamist terrorist seeking self-glory, executing a priest will bring you more attention than executing an average civilian. While no lethal terror attacks have occurred inside a U.S. church to date, experts like Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, notes the threat tally is growing. I'm pretty sure there will be attacks in the future, until [ radical Islam is defeated ], we can expect Christians, including in the West, to rationally tighten security measures and try to protect themselves from attack. In February, Khial Abu-Rayyan, 21, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., was arrested after Khial Abu-Rayyan told an undercover The FBI agent Khial Abu-Rayyan was preparing to shoot up a major church near Khial Abu-Rayyan home on behalf of ISIS. A month earlier, the Rev. Roger Spradlin of Valley Baptist Church – one of the biggest congregations in Bakersfield, Calif. – told attendees that they had received a threat written in Arabic. Undercover officers were then placed during worship services. – Jeff King	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We have already accomplished a great deal in the last 11 months, therefore we will also manage the new challenge now in front of us, the one described by the term ‘Islamist terror.’. – Chancellor Angela Merkel	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
All our predictions have been proven right, islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany. – Horst Seehofer	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
A provisional translation by an interpreter shows that he expressly announces, in the name of Allah, and testifying his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a famous Islamist leader, an act of revenge against the Germans because they're getting in the way of Islam. – Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We are aware of the claim of responsibility by Islamic State, but...the investigation has not produced any evidence thus far that would indicate this young man was part of an Islamist network. – Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

The idea is to fight the hijab as a political tool used and promoted by Islamist militants, if you believe that the Islamist political project is indeed totalitarian, then you have to fight its distinctive signs. The same way you would ban the swastika in the public sphere, as is the case already.

– Ludwig Knoepffler

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We can invest in the United Nations and start and use United Nations programs to support the Afghan people, we can bring in regional partners in India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and others to work together. The Taliban isn't universally popular, but it is inspiring others. Islamist groups in Africa and in Asia are drawing inspiration and we need to work with partners around the world. We need to start acting internationally.

– Tom Tugendhat

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is a great victory for the radical Islamist jihad world, and they will gain momentum from this.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

She was a police officer. Stephanie has been killed in her police station in Rambouillet, on the already wounded land of the Yvelines. The Nation stands by the side of her family, her colleagues, and law enforcement officers. We will not give up the fight against Islamist terrorism.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I see it as a shift from Silicon Valley cracking down on a lot of other violent groups around the world, like Islamist extremists, to cracking down on white domestic extremists.

– Daphne Keller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The government is on the offensive against what they see as a potential locus of popular Islamist opposition, sharpened by the recent return of Rizieq, while having a sound legal foundation, the banning is clearly politically driven as well.

– Ian Wilson

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

He told you that radical Islamist terrorism does not stem from an ideology. He told you that 9/11 (the Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States) led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East, the results of these misjudgments have been dire.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The other thing is, unfortunately, the reality of our situation is that the principal terror threats in the UK do originate from Islamist sympathizers, i do understand that's different from the religion of Islam, but it's the reality of who the perpetrators are of the majority of the offenses. If the show were set in the recent British past, the attackers might be Irish republicans.

– Jed Mercurio

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The West describes the Brotherhood group as fundamentalist and religious, and some parties want to put them in the category of terrorism, the fact is that the Muslim Brotherhood is a moderate Islamist movement that accepts political pluralism and receives great harm from terrorist movements. It is an anti-terrorist movement of all kinds, including against the state terrorism by Bashar al-Assad.

– Omar Mushaweh

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I don't think he loves his people, I think he loves himself. The difference between Kim Jong Un and a radical Islamist is they want to die for their cause -- Kim Jong Un doesn't. Kim Jong wants to live a good life, Kim Jong wants security. Above all else, Kim Jong wants to be secure.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I worked with Fred Fleitz at CSP and Fred Fleitz primary responsibility was the Iran nuclear program. Fred Fleitz has done some of the best work exposing the nature of that threat and how the Iran deal actually made it worse, those attempting to paint Fred Fleitz as Fred Fleitz are mistaken. He is not and he rarely focused on the Islamist issues except as they related to malign activities of the Iranian regime.

– Jim Hanson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Pathways out of extremism are very rarely instantaneous. It can take years for former extremists to fully disengage from this ideology. Expecting someone who was fighting alongside ISIS one day to be a legitimate ally in the fight against Islamist extremism the day after is an unrealistic expectation, the increasingly popular idea that we should not jail terrorists because that would only make them even more radical shows how utterly backwards this entire debate can become. Yes, prison radicalization does exist. However, the answer is to deal with the conditions that create prison radicalization – an inability to isolate charismatic Islamist recruiters, for example – not stop sending those who broke the law to prison.

– Robin Simcox

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Usama had good relations with my late father, thus we don’t support the American narrative, declaring him a terrorist, he did jihad, to implement Sharia around the world. So, for us he is an Islamist warrior. We title our library after his name with audacity.

– Abdul Aziz

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

These revelations are shocking and infuriating, while American soldiers were bravely fighting ISIS terrorists, with some paying the ultimate price, the Obama administration reportedly was protecting Hezbollah terrorists who were funding themselves by trafficking illegal drugs. No wonder President Obama couldn’t bring himself to call them ‘Radical Islamist Terrorists.’.

– Robert Pittenger

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This ISIS-Taliban joint attack represents a nightmare scenario come true. The Taliban and ISIS are widely understood to be foes, not friends, because of the Taliban’s close alliance with Al Qaeda — a bitter rival of ISIS. And yet Islamist terror groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region are all cut from the same basic ideological cloth.

– Michael Kugelman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It’s the main engine driving the terror radicalization process. Any effort to combat Islamist terrorism needs to take the MB's global network into account.

– Ben Evansky

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He will develop a strong, respectful message that the United States and the entire civilized world expects our Muslim allies to take a strong stand against radical Islamist ideology, an ideology that uses a perverted interpretation of religion to justify crimes against all humanity, he will call for Muslim leaders to promote a peaceful vision of Islam.

– National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We know the threat from Islamist terrorism is very real. But while the public should remain utterly vigilant, they should not and will not be cowed by this threat.

– British Prime MinisterTheresa May

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The President-elect wants stronger relationships with Russia and to change the dynamics we have with Russia, there are radical Islamist forces that will perhaps be more aggressive in attacks against Russia and I think it is an opportunity for us to work with them, but Russia is not our friend – [ President Vladimir ] Putin is not our friend.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Father Josiah Trenham said. The incident took place on April 12, some four months after a terror attack left 14 dead in nearby San Bernardino, and just over three months before a French priest was killed by ISIS-linked jihadists in his church. The events, whether far or near, underscore a grim new reality for pastors such as Father Josiah Trenham : Instead of offering sanctuary from evil, churches could in fact be attractive targets for terror. Many churches are now hiring self-defense instructors for classes or security guards that include off-duty police, said Ryan Mauro, a professor of Homeland Security at Liberty University and national security analyst for the Clarion Project. If you are an Islamist terrorist seeking self-glory, executing a priest will bring you more attention than executing an average civilian. While no lethal terror attacks have occurred inside a U.S. church to date, experts like Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, notes the threat tally is growing. I'm pretty sure there will be attacks in the future, until [ radical Islam is defeated ], we can expect Christians, including in the West, to rationally tighten security measures and try to protect themselves from attack. In February, Khial Abu-Rayyan, 21, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., was arrested after Khial Abu-Rayyan told an undercover The FBI agent Khial Abu-Rayyan was preparing to shoot up a major church near Khial Abu-Rayyan home on behalf of ISIS. A month earlier, the Rev. Roger Spradlin of Valley Baptist Church – one of the biggest congregations in Bakersfield, Calif. – told attendees that they had received a threat written in Arabic. Undercover officers were then placed during worship services.

– Jeff King

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We have already accomplished a great deal in the last 11 months, therefore we will also manage the new challenge now in front of us, the one described by the term ‘Islamist terror.’.

– Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

All our predictions have been proven right, islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany.

– Horst Seehofer

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

A provisional translation by an interpreter shows that he expressly announces, in the name of Allah, and testifying his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a famous Islamist leader, an act of revenge against the Germans because they're getting in the way of Islam.

– Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We are aware of the claim of responsibility by Islamic State, but...the investigation has not produced any evidence thus far that would indicate this young man was part of an Islamist network.

– Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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