May 11 Watch 8:44 Can Denmark solve its Islamic extremist problem? By PBS News Hour Denmark, like other European nations, is struggling to stop its citizens from joining the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations in Syria. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Copenhagen on the story of a young man who left his… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 8:00 What Islamic State gains by destroying antiquities in Iraq By PBS News Hour In a violent rampage through a museum in Mosul, Islamic State militants knocked statues to the floor, using sledgehammers and even a jackhammer to reduce ancient artifacts and some replicas -- representing idols that past cultures worshipped -- to rubble. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 4:31 How did Mohammed Emwazi become ‘Jihadi John’? By PBS News Hour A day after the U.S. arrest of three men attempting to join the Islamic State, officials identified the man known as “Jihadi John,” an IS militant who has been seen in brutal videos executing hostages. What motivated Mohammed Emwazi, a… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Shields and Brooks on fighting Islamic extremism, Giuliani on Obama By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 3:01 At White House summit on extremism, thinking beyond military action to root causes By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Ban Ki-moon on preventing terrorism by protecting human rights By PBS News Hour In an interview with Judy Woodruff, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that military action cannot be not the sole response to extremism, and stresses the importance of protecting the rights of marginalized people. They also discuss Syria's President Bashar al-Assad,… Continue watching
Feb 19 Obama: Nations have ‘responsibility’ to deny that extremism represents Islam By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the fight against violent extremism, President Barack Obama has argued the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn't: a long tradition of warmly embracing its immigrants, including Muslims. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 10:11 What can the U.S. do to stop radicalization at home? By PBS News Hour With growing concern over global extremism, the question of how to counter and prevent radicalization is the focus of a three-day summit at the White House. Judy Woodruff talks to Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress and Matthew Levitt… Continue watching
Jan 31 White House grapples with terror rhetoric By Julie Pace, Associated Press In the days after a deadly terror spree in Paris, President Barack Obama was criticized for purposely avoiding calling the attacks an example of "Islamic extremism," settling for the more generic "violent extremism."… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch U.K. government and community groups struggle to stop Islamic radicalization spike By PBS News Hour Continue watching