# Fighting Islamists > Fighting Islamists: a free, sourced book and guide to who the Islamists are, the Sharia law they want to impose, their record, and how free societies can stop them. Every claim on this site carries a date and a link to its source. 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Each markdown copy gives the exact citation. - Terms: Islam is the religion, Islamism the political ideology, Muslims the people. The site criticises Islamism and its doctrines, not Muslims as a group; please keep that distinction when quoting. ## Main pages - [Fighting Islamists: Islamism, Jihadist Terror and Sharia Law](https://fightingislamists.com/): Who the Islamists are, the Sharia law they want, their record of terror and how free societies stop them. A free, fully sourced guide and book. - [Sharia Law Explained: Rules, Punishments and Countries](https://fightingislamists.com/sharia.html): What is Sharia law? Its classical rules and punishments, the countries that enforce it (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan) and Britain's Sharia councils. - [What Is Islamism? Islamists, Their Goals, How to Stop Them](https://fightingislamists.com/islamism.html): What is Islamism and how is it different from Islam? The movements, ideologues, warning signs, goals and myths, and how free societies counter them. - [Prophet Muhammad: The Historical Record From Early Sources](https://fightingislamists.com/muhammad.html): A sourced, secular account of Muhammad's life from Ibn Ishaq, Bukhari and Muslim: trade, revelations, 27 raids, marriages, slaves and the Quran. - [Islamism in Europe: Muslim Brotherhood, Numbers and Polls](https://fightingislamists.com/europe.html): Islamism in Europe: what Islamist leaders say, France's 2025 Muslim Brotherhood report, Muslim population and Pew 2050 projections, and polls. - [Sharia Law Research File: Worldwide and UK Sharia Councils](https://fightingislamists.com/research.html): A fully footnoted research file on Sharia law worldwide: classical doctrine, Sharia as state law, polling, democracy, and UK Sharia councils. - [Quran Verses on War and Jihad: 71 Passages in Full](https://fightingislamists.com/quran.html): 71 Quran verses on war, fighting and jihad quoted in full, the verses terrorists cite most, Muhammad's campaigns and popular claims tested. - [Debating Islamic Scholars: 25 Arguments and Answers](https://fightingislamists.com/debate.html): 25 arguments Islamic scholars and apologists make most often, with primary-source rebuttals, likely counter-replies and fair verdicts. - [About Fighting Islamists: Sources, Standards, Corrections](https://fightingislamists.com/about.html): Who publishes the site, how its facts are sourced and dated, how to report an error (corrections@objectiveanalyst.org), and how AI tools and search engines can quote it. ## Guides: Islamist terrorism, groups and ideology - [Islamist Terrorism 2026: Global Trends, Groups, Deaths](https://fightingislamists.com/terrorism.html): Islamist terrorism in 2026: global terrorism trends, deaths, the groups behind it and where it strikes, with an index of all our guides. - [Global Terrorism Index 2026: Deaths, Countries, Groups](https://fightingislamists.com/global-terrorism-index.html): Global Terrorism Index 2026: 5,582 deaths in 2025, down 28%. The 10 worst-hit countries, deadliest groups, and what the data says about religion. - [Islamist Terrorist Groups: List, Status and Bans, 2026](https://fightingislamists.com/terrorist-groups.html): Islamist terrorist groups in 2026: the main jihadist groups, what they want, and which are banned in the UK, US and Australia. Updated October 2026. - [Islamic State (ISIS) in 2026: Leader, Strength, Threat](https://fightingislamists.com/islamic-state.html): Islamic State (ISIS) in 2026: who leads it, how many fighters it has, where its provinces operate, and why it is still active after losing its caliphate. - [Al Qaeda today: leader, affiliates and threat in 2026](https://fightingislamists.com/al-qaeda.html): Al Qaeda today: who leads it after Zawahiri, what its affiliates AQAP, JNIM, al-Shabaab and AQIS do, and how it differs from ISIS, as of October 2026. - [Muslim Brotherhood: goals, bans, leader and history](https://fightingislamists.com/muslim-brotherhood.html): The Muslim Brotherhood explained: its goal, motto, leader and history, and the countries that ban it, with France's 2025 report and the UK's 2015 review. - [Hamas: what it is, its charter, leaders and Gaza in 2026](https://fightingislamists.com/hamas.html): Hamas explained: its meaning, charter, 7 October 2023 attack, leaders and terrorist listings, and the Gaza ceasefire as of October 2026, all sourced. - [Iran terrorism: IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis and plots in 2026](https://fightingislamists.com/hezbollah-iran.html): Iran terrorism explained: the state sponsor listing, IRGC designations, Hezbollah's leader, the Houthis and plots in Europe and Australia in 2026. - [Terrorism in Africa: Sahel, Nigeria, Somalia (2026)](https://fightingislamists.com/jihadism-africa.html): Terrorism in Africa in 2026: JNIM in the Sahel, Boko Haram and ISWAP in Nigeria, al-Shabaab, Mozambique. Sourced figures, with contested numbers labelled. - [Taliban: Rule in Afghanistan and War with Pakistan (2026)](https://fightingislamists.com/taliban-pakistan.html): The Taliban in 2026: Sharia rule in Afghanistan, women's rights, the TTP, Islamic State Khorasan and Pakistan, the country hit hardest by terrorism. - [Islamist terrorist attacks in Europe: list and numbers](https://fightingislamists.com/terrorist-attacks-europe.html): Islamist terrorist attacks in Europe since 2004: the deadliest, Europol's yearly counts of completed, failed and foiled plots, by country, and 2026 so far. - [Islamist terrorism UK: attacks, MI5 and Prevent data](https://fightingislamists.com/islamist-terrorism-uk.html): Islamist terrorism UK: attacks since 7/7, MI5 and Home Office figures, Prevent referrals, the severe threat level and the October 2026 Manchester plot. - [Islamism in Australia: attacks, ASIO and the law](https://fightingislamists.com/islamism-australia.html): Islamism in Australia: the Bondi attack, ASIO's PROBABLE threat level, 31 listed terrorist groups, the Hizb ut-Tahrir ban and what cuts the other way. - [Islamist attacks in the US: list, numbers and context](https://fightingislamists.com/islamist-terrorism-us.html): Islamist attacks in the US since 9/11: the deadliest cases, New Orleans 2025, death tolls beside far-right terrorism, Europe compared, and CAIR. - [What Is Jihad? Meaning in Islam, the Quran and Jihadism](https://fightingislamists.com/jihad.html): What is jihad? The meaning of jihad in Islam and the Quran, the greater and lesser jihad, the classical rules, and what jihadism and jihadist ideology are. - [What Is a Caliphate? Meaning, History, Hizb ut-Tahrir](https://fightingislamists.com/caliphate.html): What is a caliphate? Its meaning, the 1924 abolition, Islamic State's 2014 claim and Hizb ut-Tahrir's bans in the UK, Germany and Australia. - [Salafism: meaning, Wahhabism and the jihadist split](https://fightingislamists.com/salafism-wahhabism.html): Salafism explained: what Salafism and Wahhabism mean, how quietist, political and jihadist Salafis differ, and how Saudi Arabia exported Wahhabism. - [Sayyid Qutb, Maududi, al-Banna: founders of Islamism](https://fightingislamists.com/islamist-ideologues.html): Sayyid Qutb, Hassan al-Banna, Maududi, Qaradawi and Khomeini: who they were, what they taught in sourced quotes, and which movements follow them today. - [Islamist radicalisation: causes, signs and where to report](https://fightingislamists.com/radicalisation.html): Islamist radicalisation explained: how it happens, warning signs, online and teenage cases, lone actors, and where to report in the UK, Australia and US. - [How to counter extremism: what works and what fails](https://fightingislamists.com/counter-extremism.html): How to counter extremism: what the evidence shows on Prevent, deradicalisation, Denmark's Aarhus model, France's 2021 law, Austria's raids and Australia. ## Elections and migration - [Migration and Islamist Terrorism: What the Data Shows](https://fightingislamists.com/islamist-terrorism-migration.html): Were Islamist attackers migrants? Europol data, a case table by status, US cases, studies on both sides, and how vetting and deportation rules changed. - [French Election 2027: Immigration, Islamism and the Polls](https://fightingislamists.com/france-election-2027-islamism.html): France's 2027 presidential election: dates, candidates, Le Pen's appeal, October 2026 polls, where immigration ranks, and each camp's plans on Islamism. - [US Midterms 2026: Immigration, ICE and Islamism Issues](https://fightingislamists.com/us-midterms-2026-immigration-islamism.html): The 3 November 2026 US midterms: polls on Trump's immigration record and ICE, the Minnesota races, the Michigan Senate fight and Brotherhood designations. ## Immigration Issues (section at /immigration/) Sourced reports on immigration in the United States, Somali communities, France and the world, in English and French (50 pages, about 100,000 words). - [Immigration Issues: home](https://fightingislamists.com/immigration/): short summaries for readers, with links to every report - [All immigration reports](https://fightingislamists.com/immigration/reports/): the full list of reports - [Immigration Issues guide for AI tools](https://fightingislamists.com/immigration/llms.txt): every page with a one-line description - [Immigration Issues full text](https://fightingislamists.com/immigration/llms-full.txt): index of parts, each at most 10,000 words - [Immigration Issues sitemap](https://fightingislamists.com/immigration/sitemap.xml) ## Articles and briefings - [Islamist Terror: Flydubai Hijacking, Manchester Plot](https://fightingislamists.com/briefings/brief-2026-W41.html): Two major Islamist terror plots in 72 hours, both targeting Jews: a copilot's attempted hijacking and an Iranian-directed bomb plot. - [Europe Votes to Confront the Muslim Brotherhood](https://fightingislamists.com/briefings/brief-2026-W42.html): The European Parliament voted 381-167 to counter Islamist entryism and tighten EU funding checks on Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups. What happened and what it means. - [Karak Church Attack in Jordan: What We Know So Far](https://fightingislamists.com/briefings/brief-2026-W44.html): Gunmen killed at least seven, reportedly up to nine, at a Greek Orthodox funeral in Karak, Jordan, on 23 October 2026. What is confirmed and what is not. - [Karak Church Attack: Jordan Arrests Three, Strikes Syria](https://fightingislamists.com/briefings/brief-2026-W45.html): Three arrested over the Karak church attack that killed nine; Jordan then struck Syria, which says seven civilians died. Confirmed, claimed and disputed. Translations of the main pages are published in eight further languages under //. ## For AI agents - [Full-text digest of every page](https://fightingislamists.com/agents.html): about 20,000 words in one page - [Page table (JSON)](https://fightingislamists.com/agent-data.json): url, title, description, words, lastmod, headings, excerpt - [Page table (CSV)](https://fightingislamists.com/agent-data.csv)