Jihad

IS attack on Syria truffle hunters kills at least 31

'Civilians and at least 10 pro-regime fighters' were among 'the 26 people killed in an attack by Islamic State fighters while they were collecting truffles in the desert east of (the central city of) Hama'

Burkina Faso: Suspected jihadists kill 40 people

A detachment of soldiers and the civilian volunteers "was the target of an attack by unidentified armed men on Saturday ... at about 4:00 pm," near Aorema village

Pakistan is proof that Islamism as State policy kills the economy

To claw out of the deep economic ditch, Pakistan needs to scrape off its jihadi DNA and hatred of the other. That leads us to the bigger question: If it gives up its Islamist instincts, will it still be Pakistan?

Watch: Taliban warns Pakistan, threatens jihad till 'freedom' is achieved

In a video that has gone viral on social media platforms, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Omar Shahid has threatened to launch a religious war against the Pakistan government

Chequered history of narco test in India: The famous cases that were solved and not solved

Although not regarded as totally reliable, a host of law enforcement agencies around the world use the narco-analysis test or narco test during their investigations as they feel that this method allows them to extract true answers from their subjects

Of jihad and Mahabharat: Ex-home minister Shivraj Patil ties himself in knots

Congress leader Shivraj Patil had courted controversy when speaking at a book launch in New Delhi. He said that the concept of jihad or Islamic religious war was to be found in the Mahabharat, to be precise, in Gita

Fatwas: All that is wrong with Islam and the problem with Muslim liberals

Quran not just governs the spiritual life of a Muslim, it also regulates all facets of life, from as banal aspects as clothing, and appearance to law to death. And this power has been wielded via fatwas

Sar tan se juda: Origin of the anti-Hindu war cry after Nupur Sharma’s controversial Prophet Muhammad remark

The ‘sar tan se juda’ gang have been scalping one victim after another following now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's controversial statement on Prophet Muhammad resulted in a widespread ruckus across the country

NIA arrests 'highly-radicalised' man involved in propagating 'jihad' against India from Bihar

NIA said that Ali Asgar alias Abdullah Bihari, a resident of Siswaniya village, propagated jihad by posting hate and incriminating materials online in various groups on social media platforms

Teenage terrorist's life casts light on Kashmiri Generation Alpha jihad

Although these numbers are small compared to the 1990s, they show the long jihad which has shaped Kashmir’s history isn’t about to go away