No place in France for Turkish group that opposed anti-Islamist extremism charter, government says — RT

 

The French government has condemned a Turkish group over its refusal to sign a charter targeting Islamist extremism, declaring it has no place in France, but stopped short of actually banning it.

Ancient civilizations key to elimination of extremism

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Monday collective efforts and ancient civilizations are the keys to elimination of extremism.

Kremlin says no restrictions for Crimean Tatars’ organizations in Russia

Public movements of Crimean Tatars are not restricted in their activities in Russia, except for extremism, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, commenting on the ruling of UN International Court of Justice following Ukraine’s lawsuit.

Czech President: There’s no moderate opposition in Syria, only extremist groups

Czech President Milos Zeman said that there is no “moderate opposition” in Syria, but rather only extremist groups, and that he disagrees in this evaluation with the position taken by the United States.

Murder-suicide shooting kills 2 men, UCLA campus is safe

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) chief Charlie Beck confirmed the shooting incident that happened Wednesday morning at the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is a murder-suicide and the campus is safe.

Around 90 radical mosques under surveillance - German intelligence head

Dozens of radical mosques in Germany are currently being closely watched, Germany's domestic intelligence agency BfV said on Monday.

Mejilis of Crimean Tatars banned as extremist organization

The Supreme Court of Crimea has sustained on Tuesday the claim of the republic’s Prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya for banning the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, recognizing the organization’s activity as extremist. The ruling was announced by head of the panel of judges Natalya Terentyeva, TASS reports from the courtroom.

Two-thirds of Christians have left Syria

Two-thirds of Syria's Christians have left the country, an Aleppo bishop said Wednesday, blaming violence and insecurity spread by extremist groups and insisting most Christians still support the Syrian president.

Britain launches new measures to protect schoolchildren from extremism

Tough new measures to protect children from the "spell of twisted ideologies" were announced Tuesday by Britain's education secretary, Nicky Morgan.

Anti-Christian graffiti sprayed on Jerusalem church

Anti-Christian graffiti has been sprayed on a wall of a Jerusalem abbey built where tradition says the mother of Jesus died, police said Sunday, in an incident similar to previous acts blamed on Jewish extremists.

Extremists must not be allowed to escalate Israeli-Palestinian tensions, warns Ban Ki-moon

 UN, 7 August 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians and called on leaders on both sides not to allow extremists to escalate the situation and “take control of the political agenda.”