Tag: islamic state

Federal agents arrested an 18-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio over the weekend who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and intended to commit attacks on its behalf.

IS has gone from using children to inspire adults, to manipulating children and their parents to fight alongside adults, to targeting children instead of adults. They do not consider what they have done to be truly evil, although we know it to be.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he believed Islamic State's military capabilities in Iraq and Syria would be seriously weakened by the end of 2016.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups

Shannon Dunn, assistant professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University, will be a panelist at the Nov. 1 Coffee Talk, which will focus on "Religion and Politics."