Image: Jihad Watch The Supreme Council of National Resistance for the Salvation of Afghanistan has strongly condemned the Taliban’s newly approved penal code, warning that it would drag the country into conditions “far worse than the Middle Ages.” In a statement released on Friday, the council described the move as a calculated and deliberate effort, arguing that it is designed to “distort the image of Islam in the eyes of global public opinion” while institutionalizing repre

Image: Jihad Watch German police have arrested a 36-year-old Lebanese national at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in connection with an international Hamas-linked terror network. The suspect was taken into custody after arriving on a flight from Beirut early Friday morning. According to German outlet Der Spiegel, the individual—identified as Mohammed S.—had been on the wanted list of Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office. The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office has accused him o

Image: Jihad Watch Two Christian nurses in Pakistan have been cleared of blasphemy charges, bringing a traumatic legal ordeal that lasted more than four years to an end. The case, which began in 2021, forced both women into hiding and placed their lives at constant risk due to threats of mob violence. A district court ultimately ruled that prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence to support the allegations, leading to their acquittal. The nurses, Mariam Lal and Newos

Image: Jihad Watch Police at Berlin Brandenburg Airport detained a 36-year-old Lebanese national with alleged links to Hamas after he arrived on a flight from Beirut early Friday morning. The arrest took place immediately upon landing, following intelligence alerts issued by German security agencies. The suspect, identified by Der Spiegel as Mohammed S., had reportedly been on the wanted list of Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). According to the report, he was u

Image: Jihad Watch A violent early-morning attack in Parkland ended with a suspect being fatally shot by law enforcement after he allegedly stabbed a man and the victim’s dog in what authorities describe as an unprovoked assault. According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), deputies were alerted at approximately 6:24 a.m. on Sunday when the victim placed a frantic 911 call, reporting that he had been stabbed by an unknown individual near the S S Quickstop Grocer. W

Image: Jihad Watch The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion at a Chinese-owned restaurant in Kabul, an attack that left at least seven people dead, including a Chinese national, and injured more than a dozen others. The blast underscores the persistent security threats facing foreign nationals in Afghanistan despite Taliban assurances of stability. According to a statement released late Monday through Aamaq, the Islamic State’s propaganda

Image: Jihad Watch Three men who had been stranded while awaiting help for a rental car breakdown were allegedly stalked from afar before being fatally shot by a man described by the victims’ families as a “frequent flyer” within Florida’s criminal justice system. In a joint statement shared with Fox News Digital, the families said the victims had traveled to Central Florida to attend the Mecum Car Show—the world’s largest collector car auction—and were staying at a nearby Ai

Image: Jihad Watch Syria’s national army moved into the sprawling Al-Hol detention camp on Wednesday, a facility that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) fighters, following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led forces a day earlier, according to observations by an AFP journalist on the ground. The reporter witnessed a significant deployment of Syrian soldiers as they opened the camp’s heavy metal gates and entered the compound, while additional troops were positioned ou

Image: Jihad Watch Three men who had been waiting outside a rental home after experiencing car trouble were allegedly stalked from afar before being fatally shot in a shocking and seemingly random act of violence in Central Florida, according to statements from the victims’ families. The accused gunman, described as a “frequent flyer” within Florida’s criminal justice system, is believed to have targeted the men without any prior interaction. The victims had traveled to Centr

Image: Jihad Watch The identities of the 177 worshippers abducted from ECWA Church and Cherubim and Seraphim Churches 1 and 2 in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have now been made public, shedding light on the scale and human cost of the attack that unfolded on Sunday. The compiled list reveals a deeply disturbing reality: entire families were seized during the raid, with parents, children, and relatives taken together from their homes and

Image: Jihad Watch A fresh wave of violence in Nigeria’s Plateau State has left at least 12 Christians dead between January 1 and January 9, according to local residents and community leaders, underscoring the deepening security crisis facing predominantly Christian communities in the region. In the Gero area of Gyel District, Jos South County, armed Fulani herdsmen attacked members of the Christian community in broad daylight on Friday, January 9. One Christian was killed an

Image: Jihad Watch A migrant who left Germany and entered the United Kingdom after being convicted of sexually assaulting a minor is now contesting his deportation on human rights grounds. The individual, Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman, aged 31, was handed a suspended sentence by a German court after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old schoolgirl during a night of heavy drinking in the city of Osnabrück in 2022. Suliman, a Syrian national, had earlier fled his

Image: Jihad Watch Three adult men were shot and killed outside a residence in Osceola County on Saturday afternoon, prompting a swift law enforcement response and the arrest of a suspect, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were dispatched at approximately 12:14 p.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire in the Indian Point Subdivision near Kissimmee. Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene within minutes and located the victims at

Image: Jihad Watch A planned rally by a far-right activist backing the Trump administration’s intensified immigration crackdown was effectively overwhelmed on Saturday as hundreds of counterprotesters flooded the area, drowning out the event and forcing its organizers to retreat. The confrontation unfolded as Minnesota’s governor’s office confirmed that National Guard troops had been placed on standby to support law enforcement if needed, though they had not been deployed on

Image: Jihad Watch A renewed wave of violence attributed to Fulani herdsmen has claimed the lives of at least 13 Christians across Benue State in early January, according to local residents and community leaders. The attacks, which occurred between January 5 and January 12, targeted predominantly Christian villages, further deepening fears in a region already scarred by repeated assaults. The most recent incident took place late Monday night (January 12) in Otobi Akpa village

Image: Jihad Watch An Afghan national appeared before a German court on Friday to face trial over a devastating car-ramming attack in Munich last year that claimed the lives of a two-year-old girl and her mother and left dozens of others injured. The accused, identified by prosecutors as 25-year-old Farhad N., is charged with two counts of murder and 44 counts of attempted murder. According to the prosecution, the attack was carried out with deliberate intent and driven by wh

Image: Jihad Watch Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has drawn criticism after invoking the Old Testament in a broad and indirect attempt to justify a contentious exemption in the government’s proposed hate speech legislation—an exemption that critics fear could weaken the law’s intent. At the centre of the debate is a carve-out in the draft legislation that allows the direct quotation or referencing of religious texts when done “for the purpose of religious teaching or discuss

Image: Jihad Watch An Afghan national who was living illegally in the United States, and who had previously been convicted of attempting to murder his teenage sister over what he described as violations of religious conduct, has been taken into custody by U.S. authorities, officials confirmed. Waheed Allah Mohammad, 39, was arrested on January 1 in Rochester, New York, according to a statement released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday. His detention

Image: Jihad Watch A homeless man with a documented history of involvement with al-Qaeda and longstanding mental health issues is facing additional criminal charges after allegedly issuing fresh threats from behind bars, this time targeting Passport Canada offices in Quebec. Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, a 52-year-old Somali-born Canadian citizen, appeared before the Montreal courthouse via video conference on Thursday. The appearance came as prosecutors expanded the case against

Image: Jihad Watch A fresh wave of violence attributed to Fulani herdsmen has left at least 10 Christians dead in eastern Nigeria, following coordinated overnight attacks on multiple villages in Taraba State, according to local sources. The assaults occurred late Saturday night, January 10, and continued into the early hours of Sunday, targeting the predominantly Christian communities of Iornem, Kyahar, Uhula, and Samgambe in Donga County. Residents reported that armed attack