Jihad

EU condemns Palestinian Authority textbooks containing 'antisemitism, glorification of jihad'

The EU called for any future funding to the PA to be conditional on the removal of ”antisemitic content, incitement to violence and the glorification of martyrdom and jihad” from textbooks.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A man wearing a keffiyeh stands next to a poster as he waits to vote during the municipal council election at a polling station in a school in Birzeit, near Ramallah on April 25, 2026.
The logo of the French building materials maker Lafarge at Lafarge concrete production plant in Pantin near Paris, France, November 3, 2025.

French cement maker Lafarge found guilty of financing jihadists in Syria

Judges determined that Lafarge, in total, paid $6.53 million to jihadist groups, including Islamic State (IS) and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front between 2013 and September 2014.

|ByREUTERS
The Islamic Republic uses its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas to conduct jihad: a religious war aimed at imposing a radical interpretation of Sharia law worldwide.

Iran sees jihad, the West sees geopolitics - and that gap is dangerous - opinion

Despite weeks of pressure, Tehran’s defiance exposed deeper failures in Western strategy, deterrence, and understanding of the conflict

|ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF
Police arrest individuals who allegedly threw a red substance at an Israeli flag and red smoke bombs in the middle of a demonstration, on December 17, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin

"We are investigating this explosion," the spokesperson said. "The fire was immediately extinguished by security. We are reviewing footage and are calling on witnesses to contact the police."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Hamas, Hezbollah jihadists' plot to take over the world - opinion

Jihad, used by groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and their sponsors, is carried out in order to achieve the ultimate goal of establishing authority over the whole world.

OCTOBER 19, 2023ByDENNIS NTHUMBI
Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists participate in an anti-Israel military parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City, October 4, 2023.

Hezbollah announces 'day of unprecedented anger' against Israel, Biden's visit

The call comes amid the Al Ahli Hospital explosion in Gaza, which IDF intel showed was caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfire.

OCTOBER 17, 2023ByREUTERS
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally marking Prophet Mohammed's birthday, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon. October 2, 2023.

Young Gaza man mourns fiancee killed in Israeli strikes

His fiancee, Dania Adas,19, and her sister Iman, 16, were both killed when Israeli jets hit the building next door where an alleged senior Islamic Jihad leader Khalil Al-Bahtini lived.

MAY 10, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinian man Mohammad Saed, whose fiancee Dania Adas was killed in a nearby Israeli strike that damaged her family's house, is consoled, inside her house in Gaza City May 10, 2023.

People need to better understand the Iranian threat - opinion

A strategy to combat the malign influence and hegemonic ambitions of the Iranian mullahs is sorely needed.

APRIL 13, 2023ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
AYATOLLAH ALI Khamenei regularly refers to Israel as a cancerous tumor in the Middle East that must be removed.

Afghanistan's Taliban used to jihad, now they're bored at desk jobs

The Afghanistan Analytics Network interviewed members of the Taliban about their dissatisfaction with their new job roles running the country.

FEBRUARY 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man holds a gun as Taliban supporters celebrate the first anniversary of the departure of US forces from Afghanistan on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30, 2022.

German lawmakers recognize Islamic State crimes against Yazidis as genocide

The jihadist group killed thousands of Yazidis, enslaved 7,000 and displaced most of the 550,000-strong community from their ancestral home.

JANUARY 19, 2023ByREUTERS
Iraqi Yazidis attend a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year at Lalish temple in Shekhan District in Duhok province, Iraq April 19, 2022.

Jihadist recruiters prey on migrants to Europe 

Recruiters target vulnerable individuals and relocate cells created in Africa.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022.

Why is an ex-Syria War jihadist fighting for Ukraine against Russia?

Rustam Azhiev, better known by his nom-de-guerre Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, led Ajnad al-Kavkaz in Syria and now leads Chechen fighters in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.

JANUARY 10, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Rustam Azhiev, now leader of Chechen units in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion against Russia, is seen firing an anti-armor weapon in city of Bakhmut in the Donbas.

How did a radical Islamist fool the West? - analysis

Report from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center shows how Yusuf al-Qaradawi played the media to create a ‘moderate’ image.

OCTOBER 24, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Youssef al-Qaradawi (R) speaks during a news conference in Doha June 23, 2014.

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detain former PM Ali Laarayedh - lawyer

Lawyer Mokhtar Jmayi told Reuters that former prime minister Ali Laarayedh is expected to appear before a judge on Wednesday.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByREUTERS
Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020