Terror struck in Paris, France as masked gunmen who authorities suspect may have Islamist extremist ties burst into the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo earlier today, killing 12 people in the process. Charlie Hebdo has slammed beloved Muslim figures its pages, earning the criticism of religious supporters.
ISIS, or ISIL, has been ravaging areas of Iraq and Syria in its ongoing reign of terror framed as a holy war. Adding to the violence the Islamist extremists have already enacted, there are reports that thousands of women in the region are being raped in order to populate territories the group has seized.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ravaged the Middle East region and is designated a terrorist group by several nations. With the Islamists placing large portions of Iraq and Syria under its control, it is now seen as a very valid threat. […]
In Nigeria, a situation brewing for weeks involving the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls has slowly captured global attention. Now, the leader of a violent Islamist group in the African nation has claimed responsibility for the terrifying act.
In Nigeria early Monday morning, a car bomb attack suspected to be the actions of an Islamist militant group killed 71 people and injured dozens more. The blast happened at a densely populated bus station in the country’s capital city, Abuja.
