‘A betrayal of all our faiths’
“We are not at war with Islam,” President Obama told local, federal and international leaders at a three-day global summit. “We are at war with people...
Leaving Daesh: Defectors expose terrorist group’s lies and brutality
Three Daesh defectors say the image it projects on social media does not match the reality of the terrorist group’s lies and barbarism.
ISIL’s cultural destruction is ‘stealing the souls of millions’
The Mosque of the Prophet Younis, which housed the Tomb of Jonah, was 2800 years old. The terrorist group known as ISIL destroyed it in...
Degrading and defeating Daesh from the battlefield to the bank
Daesh’s military infrastructure isn’t the only target of the global coalition assembled against it. The terror group’s finances are a target, too.
“As part of...
Meet Rashad Hussain. He fights terrorists with words.
An American Muslim born in Wyoming and raised in Texas just assumed a key role in countering violent extremism.
On February 18, the State Department...
Obama on the coalition’s fight against ISIL: ‘We will succeed’
The United States and its coalition partners will defeat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), President Obama told a worldwide audience in...
#Youth4Peace
Global youth leaders met with President Obama in New York to address the causes of extremism and to develop an action plan to combat worldwide violence.
A White House meeting to keep communities safe
Government officials and representatives from nongovernmental organizations from around the world will gather at the White House February 18 and 19. Their task: devise...
What’s really causing violent extremism?
Countering terrorism is a global issue that requires a coherent strategy.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of State John...