Islamic Terrorism

An Indian pilot Smit Machchhar saved an Israel-bound Flydubai flight carrying 174 passengers from a deliberate crash by its Omani pilot, despite being severely injured after an axe attack on 30th September. It was only after Machchhar opened the cockpit door that passengers could subdue the attacker.

The NIA chargesheet in the Red Fort Blast case, names 10 accused Islamic Jihadis, all linked to the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), an offshoot of the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

Last year, there was a decrease in terrorism worldwide. But there are still unresolved issues in the story of South Asia. The numbers don't lie. The real question is whether Islamabad will finally listen?

On 12th March 2026, a vehicle-ramming attack was carried out by a rifle-armed Islamic jihadi named Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese-born naturalised American citizen, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan.

In a press statement, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, said that the designation of the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Lebanese chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as FTOs and SDGTs is a step towards “President Trump’s commitment to eliminate the capabilities and operations of Muslim Brotherhood chapters that pose a threat to the United States.”