By Joe Adam George, December 23, 2025Last Friday, three men were arrested in Toronto and charged with hate-motivated extremism targeting women and members of the Jewish community. One of them, 26-year-old Waleed Khan, also faces terrorism charges linked to ISIS, an exceptionally violent Sunni jihadist group also known as the Islamic State. In Australia, an ISIS-inspired — or possibly directed — attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach left 15 people dead. According to the Washington Institute’s map of Islamic State activity, ISIS-linked attacks over the past year total 1,142 worldwide, causing 5,393 casualties. Far from fading into irrelevance, the group continues to operate at scale, exploiting political instability, social fractures and digital ecosystems across continents.

Source: National Post December 23, 2025 18:54 UTC