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The author presents his thoughts on how to best fight and defeat the militant organization Islamic State as of December 2015. He distinguishes between Islam as a religion and the concept of Islamism as an offshoot of Islam and the concept of jihadism as the utilization of force to spread Islamism. The article discusses the Islamic State periodical Dabiq, the reluctance of U.S. president Barack Obama to call Islamist ideology by its name, and the duty of Muslims to publicly rebuke Islamists.

A quiz about current events worldwide as of mid-May 2015 is presented.

The article discusses how gunman entered a Lindt Chocolate Café in Sydney, New South Wales, taking the customers and staff hostage, and hanging an Islamic flag in the café's window. Topics include how the police had not ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack, how the hostage situation has impacted the Australian dollar and stock market, and the reaction of the Islamic community.

The article focuses on criticism facing professor Larycia Hawkins after wearing a head scarf to express solidarity with Muslims.

The author discusses the alliance of the Sunni Muslims from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to Saudi Arabia on its ties on Iran regarding the execution of a Shiite cleric.

The article discusses the aim of extremist group Islamic State to turn Muslims in different parts of the world to turn against their countries of citizenship and residence and embrace the organization as their only protection, which was displayed in the Paris attacks in 2015 and the San Bernardino, California mass shooting.

The article focuses on issues concerning waging war against nations particularly on how Muslims perceived war based on the laws of their prophet.

The article emphasizes that Islamic terrorism not only affects its target's economy, but also the Muslims who try to live peacefully in those target areas.

The article focuses on Molenbeek, a neighborhood of Muslim community in Brussels, Belgium, where some of the suspects in the attack in Paris, France are residents and is a place for illegal weapons market.

The article reports that Hamtramck, Michigan is the first U.S. city council to elect majority of Muslim members, with Saad Almasmari receiving the most votes of the six candidates on the ballot.

The article offers information on how the Roma Christian community of Croatia is volunteering to help Muslim newcomers when Hungary closed its border with Serbia and thousands of migrants and refugees shifted their route to travel through Croatia in 2015.

The author stresses the need for Muslims to combat extremism and confront the totalitarian ideology of terrorist groups by denouncing violence and not falling prey to victimhood, promoting human rights and holistic understanding of Islam, providing educational opportunities and religious education.

The article reports that Islamic militants have taken advantage of the lawlessness in Sinai to win support of local residents and punish those who reject them in 2015.

The article reports on the celebration by the Kalash tribe in Pakistan of their annual celebration of Joshi, a unique festival that marks spring's arrival, in 2015 under tight security due to the threat of attack by some of their Muslim neighbors who consider such practices sacrilegious.

The article discusses developments in the deteriorating cases of seaborne refugees in Asia in May 2015 as thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims who are victims of human smuggling are believed to be adrift in the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca.

The article reports on the sheriff's program in Minneapolis, Minnesota as part of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama's program to reach out to Somali and other Muslim communities in the country to prevent young people from joining terror groups.

The article reports that police in Palermo, Italy has launched an investigation into allegations that Muslim migrants threw 12 Christians overboard the Mediterranean Sea because they were not praying to Allah.

The article reports on the growth in Islamic population by 2050 which is predicted to equal the number of Christians around the world.

The article discusses the incidence of killings of Christians by Islamic terrorists in Kenya.

The article focuses on the use of social media by Muslim leaders to counter violent online extremism, reporting U.S. Federal authorities have prosecuted nearly 30 people in cases related to the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014-2015, and mentions the ISIS called for the assassination of U.S. Islamic leaders who have spoken out against ISIS's ideology on social media.

The author comments on the rejection by traditionalist Islamic states and Muslims of religious pluralism and the manipulation of religion to realize political agendas and on the startling changes experienced by Western churches in the past centuries which suggest the modernizing of Islam and Muslims reinterpreting ancient traditions in light of modernity.

The article reports the claim by Alternative for Germany (AfD) party vice chairperson Alexander Gauland as of late January 2015 that Middle Eastern Muslims who do not want or can not integrate into German society should be blocked from living in Germany.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Dr. Death Makes a Comeback," by Pail McHugh in the January 23, 2015 issue, "Oil Export Myths" in the January 17, 2015 issue and "Europe's Crisis of Faith" in the January 17, 2015 issue.

The article discusses how tens of thousands of Germans rallied across the nation in competing protests over Islam and the role of Muslim immigration in Germany, focusing on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's views and demonstrations in the aftermath of several terrorist attacks in Paris, France.

The article discusses the effect of the terrorist attacks in Paris, France on government and politics in Germany with details on the cultural and political attitudes regarding the presence of Islam and Muslims in Germany.

The article reports that the 16-hour hostage crisis at the Lindt Chocolate Café in Sydney, New South Wales caused by a lone gunman in mid-December 2014 tested the truce between Australian law-enforcement agencies and the local Muslim community in the area.

The article discusses Indonesian President Joko Widodo's announcement that his government was reaching out to various Muslim organizations in Indonesia for help in reducing the threat of terrorism by Islamic extremists, focusing on information about social media and a police antiterrorism campaign.

The article discusses the investigation into the murder of Bangladesh college professor Shafiul Islam, focusing on the possibility that an unknown Islamic militant group could be behind the killing.

The article discusses backlash against moderate Muslims in Australia who support government actions to prevent Islamic State terrorist group recruiting by radical Muslim groups, focusing on online threats received by moderate Australian Muslims including Jamal Rifi and Keysar Trad.