Transcript of Steven Sotloff “beheading” video
The following is a transcript of the video which appears to show the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff by an ISIS fighter with...
Syrian rebels and Lebanon’s Islamists dismiss ISIS Khilafah
There has been a near consensus of rejection amongst Syrian rebel factions and Lebanon’s Islamists over the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s (ISIS)...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urges Muslims to make hijrah to the “Islamic state”
The leader of the newly formed "Islamic State", Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has urged Muslims from around the world to migrate to the new "Khilafah"...
ISIS claim to have restored the Khilafah
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has announced the restoration of the Khilafah over the areas under its control.
In a video, Sheikh...
Leader of Jabhat al-Nusra gives ISIS final ultimatum
The Amir of Jabhat al-Nusra has given its main Islamist rival group a five-day ultimatum to accept mediation and end infighting or be "expelled''...
Will the US attack the Assad regime?
Editor of the Revolution Observer, Abu Anas questions whether the US is ready to attack the Assad regime and the reasons leading up to...
Egypt and the “Emperor with no clothes”
News that former president Hosni Mubarak has been released from jail demonstrated that the regime has removed its final fig leaf, the emperor revealed...
Syrian rebel leaders in their own words
Abdul Salam Abul-Ezz from Palestine who is a contributor for the Revolution Observer analyses the recent interviews by Al-Jazeera with the leaders of the...
Muslim women leaving the West to fight jihad in Syria
Women involved in political or religious violence is not a new phenomena writes Dr Ilyas Mohammed.
For example, women have been part of groups such...
Sectarian tensions increase across the Muslim world
Sectarian tensions have increased sharply across the Muslim world following Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah's intervention in Syria and the reaction of Sunni politicians and clerics...
