The reactions of Al Qaeda and ISIS supporters were almost identical; favorably viewing the war as a helpful development for Muslims and jihadis and advising Muslims to not get involved in wars of “crusaders.” On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a widescale invasion of Ukraine, triggering reactions not only from …

Rasmus Paludan, the leader of an extremist far-right party in Denmark, says he is back in Copenhagen after huge riots broke out in Sweden when he tried to carry out demonstrations, involving burning copies of the Koran. The leader of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party, who has a criminal …

Adam Michnik, a senior Polish dissident and editor of Warsaw’s Gazeta Wyborcza, says he is “certain” that the war in Ukraine will become for Vladimir Putin precisely what the war in Afghanistan was for Leonid Brezhnev,” a trap from which there is no easy or obvious way out. Putin has …