Current Trends in Islamist Ideology

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, is seen ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Moscow on January 29, 2026. (Getty Images)

Armed members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad are seen at the Battle d'Amachach camp in Tessalit, Mali, on May 6, 2026. (Getty Images)

A wall of screens displaying surveillance camera footage at the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in London on February 27, 2023. (Getty Images)

Passengers ride on the back of a crowded pickup truck on November 8, 2025, as a jihadist blockade upends daily life in the capital Bamako, Mali. (Getty Images)

Members of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood lead a demonstration in Amman on February 9, 2004. (Getty Images)

A Jeep belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group is seen in Syrian near Lebanon on August 2, 2017. (Getty Images)

Muslims living and visiting the capital perform their prayers at the Moscow Central Mosque, on September 1, 2025, in Moscow. (Metin Aktas via Getty Images)

Somali National Army soldiers escort members of the press to hideouts used by the terrorist group al-Shabaab in the Sabiid-Aanole areas of Somalia on June 23, 2025. (Getty Images)

Protesters shout "Allahu akbar" at media cameras gathered outside the radical Musa Mosque in Mombasa, Kenya, following days of riots sparked by the assassination of cleric Aboud Rogo, on August 27, 2012. (Alan Boswell via Getty Images)