Indonesia jails activist lawyer over Islamic radicalism
April 6, 2022 GMTJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former Indonesian human rights lawyer who joined an Islamic hard-line group was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday on charges of incitement with the aim to establish a caliphate in a secular country.
Radicalization’s path: In case studies, finding similarities
November 4, 2021 GMTIn the months before he was charged with storming the Capitol, Doug Jensen was sharing conspiracy theories he'd consumed online. But it hadn’t always been that way, says his brother, who recalls how he once posted the sort of family and vacation photos familiar to nearly all social media users.
Frenchman killed after stabbing, shooting 3 police officers
May 28, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — A man with severe schizophrenia who had been on a watch list for Islamic radicalism stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France and shot two other officers before police killed him, authorities said.
France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims
February 16, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — Lawmakers in the French parliament's lower house on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would strengthen oversight of mosques, schools and sports clubs to safeguard France from radical Islamists and to promote respect for French values - one of President Emmanuel Macron's landmark projects...
Protesters say French anti-radicalism law is anti-Muslim
February 14, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — Activists rallied Sunday in Paris to demand that the French government abandon a bill aimed at rooting out Islamist extremism that the protesters say could trample on religious freedom and make all Muslims into potential suspects...
France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism
December 9, 2020 GMTPARIS (AP) — The French government unveiled a draft law Wednesday aimed at better arming France against Islamist radicalism, a project promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to root out what he calls “separatists” undermining the nation.
Trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections
June 21, 2020 GMTTULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally Saturday by defining the upcoming election as a stark choice between national heritage and left-wing radicalism...
Indonesia cleric to be freed despite holding to radicalism
January 19, 2019 GMTJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic cleric who was the ideological leader of the Bali bombers and other Indonesian militants is being released early from a 15-year prison sentence after the country's president relented on a condition that he renounce radical beliefs, lawyers confirmed Saturday.
Trump to Muslims on first foreign trip: Drive out terrorists
May 19, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use his first visit to the Middle East to call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a "battle between good and evil" and urging Arab leaders to "drive out the terrorists from your places of worship," according to a draft of the speech obtained by The Associated Press.
The Latest: Trump to call for unity in fight vs. radicalism
May 19, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia (all times local):