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Middle East

Islamic State militant Jihadi John executes James Foley

Islamic State: ‘Jihadi John’ Mohammed Emwazi was a cold loner with anger issues

Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed ‘Jihadi John’ for his role as executioner in a number of Islamic State (IS) propaganda videos, has been described as a cold loner with anger issues by those that knew him.

Europe

Belgium: Two suspects dead and thirteen arrested in terror plot (video)

Two suspects were killed and 13 more arrested in anti-terror raids on a suspected jihadist cell in eastern Belgium on Thursday.

Magazine

Jihadism appeals to religiously illiterate loners

After killing 12 people at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi were heard proclaiming, “we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad”. Amateur footage also revealed the killers invoking God with the Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar”. This otherwise innocuous everyday religious utterance is frequently usurped as a jihadist battlecry.