Center for the Study of Political Islam International

51% of Islamic doctrinal texts refers to the treatment of non-Muslims and is, therefore, political. The goal of Political Islam is the submission of all humanity to Mohammed and Allah.
2026-09 - Obsession w Israel_sm

This paper examines why Israel receives a degree of hostile attention from Islamic movements, organizations, governments, media outlets, and activists that is vastly disproportionate to its territory, population, or share of global conflict [...]

TROP Acquisition - Carrousel

After 25 years, the world’s most comprehensive open-source record of Islamic violent terror attacks and news on Political Islam, www.thereligionofpeace.com (TROP), passes to CSPII. Read the press release or go to the new CSPII TROP Page.

MB Project - Carrousel_final

The purpose of this book is to enable everyone to understand the Brotherhood’s objectives, strategy, and tactics. It also shows their direct origins in the primary Islamic doctrine. This knowledge is essential to national security [...]

Muslim Brotherhood
FGM Carrousel_final

297–307 million women and girls alive today have undergone FGM. Our study shows a strong correlation between FGM and the influence of Islamic doctrine [...] 577,000 victims in the United States, 161,000 in Canada [...]

CSPII FGM INDEX 2026

Analytical Articles

September 24, 2026

The Islamic Obsession with Israel: Its Doctrinal Foundations and Strategic Functions

This paper examines why Israel receives a degree of hostile attention from Islamic movements, organizations, governments, media outlets, and activists that is vastly disproportionate to its territory, population, or share of global conflict. The phenomenon...

September 23, 2026

CSPII Representative Speaks at Security Seminar in the Chamber of Deputies | Czech Parliament

Milan Podlipný, CEO of CSPII, spoke in the Chamber of Deputies at a seminar on the international situation and security issues in 2026. In his contribution, he placed current world events in the context of Islamic political doctrine and its impact on non-...

September 3, 2026

The Religion of Peace (TROP) Is Now Part of the Center for the Study of Political Islam International (CSPII)

After 25 years, the world's most comprehensive open-source record of Islamic violent terror attacks and news on Political Islam passes to CSPII Brno, Czech Republic — CSPII announced today that www.thereligionofpeace.com — known worldwide as TROP — will...

August 2, 2026

The Black Muslim Paradox: Islamic Slavery Then & Now

Islamic slavery never ended — and Black people have been one of its core targets for 1,400 years. In this episode of Coffee & PI (Political Islam), Milan Podlipny (CSPII CEO) and Pastor Dumisani Washington (founder of the Institute for Black Solidarity...

CSPII Monitor

July 11, 2026

How the Media Defends Sharia: From Doctrine to Personal Stories

Two recent articles attempt to calm American concerns about Sharia by changing the subject. The first, Salam Al-Marayati’s “ Sharia is a framework for Muslims — not a threat to America ,” presents Sharia as a spiritual and moral path, a set of ethical...

July 5, 2026

The Myth of Islamic Tolerance Toward Christians: The Ashtiname Story

Lily Jay’s piece about the “ secret letter ” allegedly written by Mohammed to Christians is a good example of a growing genre of Islamic apologetics aimed at Western Christian audiences: take a nice-sounding fragment, remove the surrounding legal and...

Research

September 18, 2025

Islamophobia

Introduction The term "Islamophobia" has become a widely used label in public discourse, media, academia, and politics. It is often used to denote fear, hatred, or discrimination against Muslims. However, a closer examination reveals that the term is...

January 3, 2025

Violent Jihad

Contents What is violent jihad Violent jihad: a major part of Islamic doctrine Jihad should be waged against the Kafir What happens to Kafirs in violent jihad Jihad: the best action Jihad: a successful tactic Jihadis Mohammed: the first jihadi Jihadis are...

Global Report on Islamic Terrorism

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Islamic Terrorists have carried out Jihad Attacks Since 9/11
Sep 21, 2026 - Sep 27, 2026
Attacks 14
Killed 93
Injured 18
Countries 8
September, 2026
Attacks 77
Killed 440
Injured 327
Countries 25
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A kind 70-year-old who employed Palestinians is murdered by two of them

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‘Monty Python’ legend John Cleese doubles down after incidiary posts about Islam spark UK compaint
New York Post · October 5, 2026
CSPII Commentary: John Cleese was referred to Britain’s Prevent programme for calling Islam open to ridicule, and he answered that criticism of Islam is not racist and that the
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complaint was comedy material. Pickthall’s Koran 5:33 sets the penalty for those who “make war upon Allah and His messenger” as killing, crucifixion, amputation, or exile, the verse classical law uses against open defiance and that hate-speech rules now echo. The Islamic pressure is used to shut down critique and questions.
Ahead of Durga Puja 2026 in West Bengal – Take a look at how Islamists vandalised pandals between 2017-2026
Organizer.Org · October 4, 2026
CSPII Commentary: The Organiser list ties several West Bengal Durga Puja attacks, from the 2014 Burdwan blast to the 2024 Howrah burning of a Durga murti, to mobs treating other
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gods’ images as things to smash. Pickthall’s Koran gives the model in Abraham, who “reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them,” the same precedent Mohammed followed when the idols were cleared from the Kaaba.
US sanctions Hamas financial network based in France over $2 million in fundraising
Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) · October 2, 2026
‘Monty Python’ legend John Cleese doubles down after incidiary posts about Islam spark UK compaint
New York Post · October 5, 2026
CSPII Commentary: John Cleese was referred to Britain’s Prevent programme for calling Islam open to ridicule, and he answered that criticism of Islam is not racist and that the
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complaint was comedy material. Pickthall’s Koran 5:33 sets the penalty for those who “make war upon Allah and His messenger” as killing, crucifixion, amputation, or exile, the verse classical law uses against open defiance and that hate-speech rules now echo. The Islamic pressure is used to shut down critique and questions.
Ahead of Durga Puja 2026 in West Bengal – Take a look at how Islamists vandalised pandals between 2017-2026
Organizer.Org · October 4, 2026
CSPII Commentary: The Organiser list ties several West Bengal Durga Puja attacks, from the 2014 Burdwan blast to the 2024 Howrah burning of a Durga murti, to mobs treating other
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gods’ images as things to smash. Pickthall’s Koran gives the model in Abraham, who “reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them,” the same precedent Mohammed followed when the idols were cleared from the Kaaba.

Women and Children

 

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India: Woman Alleges Conversion Coercion in Sangli Blackmail Case
jaimaharashtranews.com · October 3, 2026

CSPII Commentary: Koran 2:221 says "Wed not idolatresses till they believe"

Fury as Muslim preacher at UK mosque encourages worshippers to beat their wives
MSN · October 1, 2026

Yusin Munye also described gay sex as "one of the most evil acts" and "a crime", claiming that both participants would be executed under Sharia.

Critical Voices

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Selma Blair Details Career Fallout After Anti- Islam Comment, Says She's Working Again
justjared.com · October 4, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Selma Blair says her 2024 Instagram line on Islam cost her brands, agents, and friends within a day, and the pile-on matches the pattern of punishing critics while
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helpers of the faith amplify the penalty. Pickthall’s Koran calls those helpers the ones who “made their abode in the city and in the faith” and “love those who flee unto them,” which is the same role the industry played here.
A list of major holy sites stolen by Islam
instagram.com · October 4, 2026

Anti-Kafir Hostility

 

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Saudi Arabia: Preacher Praises Conquest and Defeat of Unbelievers
archive.is · October 3, 2026
CSPII Commentary: An Arabic sermon by Abdullah al-Basri praises Mohammed’s companions as men through whose blood and sacrifices “the strongholds of unbelief and hypocrisy fell”
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(هَوَت مَعَاقِلُ الكُفرِ وَالنِّفَاقِ). It says God sent them “to conquer lands” (لِفَتحِ البِلادِ), credits them with defeating unbelievers and apostates and toppling Persian and Roman thrones, and presents them as models whose deeds Muslims should emulate.

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Flydubai Captain: Co-Pilot Asked to Pray, Then Struck Him With Axe — Al-Qaeda Propaganda Calls for More Attacks
Breitbart · October 4, 2026

The captain of the Flydubai jet targeted in Wednesday’s attempted hijacking said his co-pilot asked to pray just minutes before striking him from behind with a cockpit crash axe, as new evidence revealed the suspect’s apparent affinity for al-Qaeda and pro-al-Qaeda propaganda calling for further attacks on aircraft carrying Americans and Israelis. The post Flydubai Captain: Co-Pilot Asked to Pray, Then Struck Him With Axe — Al-Qaeda Propaganda Calls for More Attacks appeared first on Breitbart .

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Islamic organizations adhere to the Islamic doctrine found in the Koran, Sira and the Hadith. 51% of this doctrine relates to non-Muslims. We define this 51% of the doctrine about non-Muslims as "Political Islam." Therefore, all Islamic organizations represent Political Islam to some extent.

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