In the lead-up to Durga Puja, radical Islamist groups in Bangladesh have issued threats to puja committees and temples, demanding 5 lakh Bangladeshi taka in exchange for allowing the festival to proceed. The Hindu festival, set to be celebrated from October 9 to 13, is facing intimidation and extortion attempts, raising concerns about religious tensions in the country.

Bangladesh: Hindu Temples Face Extortion Threats Ahead Of Durga Puja

Russian President Vladimir Putin has now said that the radical Islamists carried out the Crocus City concert hall attack, however, he reasserted his claims that Ukraine is likely to have been involved in the shootout, which left 139 dead.

Putin repeats Islamist, Ukraine link with Moscow concert attack

Clashes broke out on the 7th of September in a restive Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon. The refugee camp, Ain al-Hilweh, was rocked by deadly fighting just weeks ago, in which at least 13 people had died. In the fresh fighting between Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah movement and Islamist militants, at least 20 people were wounded. The fighting also prompted hundreds of residents, from the camp and its surrounding areas, to flee. An uneasy truce had been in place since 3rd of August but with the recent outbreak of fighting, the camp is once again on the edge.

Fighting between secular Fatah & Islamist groups in Lebanon | World At War

An Islamist mob stormed a yoga event organised by the Indian mission in the capital of the Maldives. Reports have linked the mob to the main opposition party behind the 'India Out' campaign. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Islamist mob storms Yoga event in Malé

Imran Khan's government is offering talks to a banned Islamist group that is holding the country hostage. At least 19 people, including 8 cops, have been killed in the violence. Has the Pakistan government surrendered to Islamists? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Islamists hold Pakistan hostage

Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he received an unexpected request: to return and take part in peace talks with the same people who wanted him dead.

With military victory elusive, West African nations quietly back talks with Islamists

Two demonstrators and a policeman were killed Tuesday in violent clashes between Islamists and police in Pakistan, hours after authorities arrested the head of an Islamist party in the eastern city of Lahore, a senior official and local media reported.

3 killed in Pakistan in clashes between police, Islamists

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 23 civilians in an overnight raid on a village near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the provincial governor's office said on Wednesday.

Suspected Islamists kill 23 civilians in eastern Congo 

Assailants killed a dozen people in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army, a witness and a local rights group said on Wednesday, blaming an Islamist militia.

Suspected Islamists kill a dozen people in eastern Congo attacks

Jordanian ruler Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein gloated in 1924 when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the visionary who carved modern Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman empire, abolished the Caliphate.

The battle for the soul of Islam

Armed men freed more than 1,300 prisoners from a jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a coordinated attack on Tuesday, the town`s mayor said, blaming an Islamist militant group operating in the area.

Suspected Islamists free 1,300 prisoners from east Congo jail

At least five Tunisian parties plan to launch a vote of no confidence in parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi who has been accused of partisan interests, while members of his moderate Islamist Ennahda party have called for a new government, escalating the country`s political crisis.

Tunisian parties seek to oust parliament speaker, Islamists want new government

Members of Islamists groups and red mosque affiliates pelted participants of 'Aurat March' (women march) with stones, shoes and sticks as they marched through Pakistan's capital on Sunday (March 8) to mark International Women's Day.

Aurat March: Islamists hurl stones and shoes at Women's Day marchers in Islamabad

Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency hours after the government blamed a local Islamist group for a series of suicide bomb blasts that killed at least 290 people, including dozens of foreigners.

Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency after attacks blamed on Islamists

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that Islamists who stormed an upmarket hotel complex, killing 14 people, had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour siege in which hundreds of civilians were rescued.

Nairobi hotel attack over after 20-hour siege, 14 dead: President Kenyatta

Blasphemy is a profoundly sensitive issue in the Islamic republic and can rouse even moderates whose religion emphasises devotion to the Prophet

Pakistan's blasphemy law hands fringe Islamists dangerous weapon

Smoke and tear gas filled the air as the roughly 8,500 elite police and paramilitary troops in riot gear were also seen throwing rocks and using slingshots in the ongoing bid to clear 2,000 or so hardline demonstrators which began soon after dawn

One dead, over 100 injured as Islamist sit-in paralyses Islamabad

A suicide bomber?rammed an explosive-laden car into the hotel's entrance before Al Shabaab gunmen stormed the restaurant to take hostages

Somalia: 19 dead after suicide bomber targets Mogadishu restaurant

The Maute militia now poses the biggest security challenge of Rodrigo Duterte's 11-month presidency, still controlling parts of this city of 200,000

Philippines military says close to defeating Islamist rebels

The discovery confirms days of speculation that Maute rebels had killed civilians during a bloody takeover of Marawi City

Bodies of civilians dumped near Philippines city besieged by Islamists

Officials said the couple was killed by 'Islamists'

Mali: Unmarried couple living together stoned to death

Germany is on high alert after a spate of attacks since July 18 left 15 people dead - including four attackers - and dozens injured

German police clamps down on Salafists, raids mosque and apartments

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