What Does ISIS Want? The Group Has Released a Manifesto to the West

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Editor’s note: The following essay was released by the self-described Islamic State in its English-language online magazine, Dabiq, around July 25, 2016. As it is not available in text form, we are reprinting it for educational purposes. Shortly  following  the  blessed  attack  on  a  sodomite, Crusader nightclub by the mujahid Omar Mateen, American politicians were quick to jump into the spotlight  and  denounce  the  shooting,  declaring  it  a hate  crime,  an  act  of  terrorism,  and  an  act  of  senseless violence. A hate crime? Yes. Muslims…

BlackBerry CEO Blasts Apple, Says Tech Companies Should Provide Data Under Subpoena

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BlackBerry CEO John Chen has said he is “disturbed” by Apple’s tough approach to encryption and user privacy, warning that the firm’s attitude is harmful to society. Now, we already know that Chen and Apple don’t see eye-to-eye on security. In December, Chen waded into Apple’s FBI encryption battle in which the iPhone maker resisted government demands to unlock a device because it would be an “unprecedented step which threatens the security of customers”. Chen remarked: “We are indeed in a dark place when companies…

To Stop Aspiring Muslim Terrorists, Help Their Families Stop Them

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Yet for all his faults and demagoguery, Trump has repeatedly emphasized a point which many of his rivals and critics are perhaps a little too eager to gloss over—namely that in many instances, a would-be terrorist’s family, friends or religious advisors know that their loved one is heading down a dark path, but fail to report it. Trump’s insinuation, of course, is that friends and family fail to contact law enforcement because they are, themselves, sympathetic to ISIS or al-Qaeda and want to see terror…