The Sahel: Emerging Center of Global Islamism
12th April 2025
The center of world terrorist activity and violent death is no longer the Middle East. The “Sahel region of Africa is now the ‘epicentre of global terrorism,'” responsible for “over half of all terrorism-related deaths” worldwide, according to the respected Global Terrorism Index.
The sub-Saharan Sahel is largely unknown to much of the world. It can be described as the large, mostly flat, strip, nearly 600 miles wide, located between the savannahs of Sudan to the south and the Sahara desert to the north.
During the last ten years or so, according to the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest defense and security think tank, headquartered in London, the Sahel has undergone a “significant surge in jihadist violence. Armed actors take advantage of porous borders, fragile states, and local grievances to extend their operational reach,”
Pretty ironic, considering the fact that Islam has no problem with slavery and the major role that Muslims (especially Arabs) played in the African slavery business. People like Hakeem Jeffries always make me want to laugh.
Imagine how peaceful the world would be if the Religion of Peace didn’t exist.