From Syria to Iraq, Kenya to Malaysia: How new era of Islamic fundamentalism is spreading fear and chaos around the world
Internet flooded with images and videos of executions from Sunni militants aiming to topple Iraqi government At least five die in Kenya attack just days after Al Qaeda-inspired group Al Shabaab kill 60 in twin massacres Islamist militants Boko Haram feared to have snatched 90 villagers in Nigeria after kidnapping 300 Christian girls Attacks between Christian and Islamic militia in Central African Republic 'risk creating conditions for genocide' Sudanese woman freed from death row for marrying a Christian is re-arrested for not using her Muslim name Middle East security expert: 'All the evidence shows that extremism is on the rise - but Islam is not to blame'
From a beheading in Iraq to the hard-line repression of religious freedoms in Sudan, a string of extremist acts in recent weeks have raised the worrying spectre of a new era of Islamic fundamentalism spreading across the world.
Witnesses said the blast - just an hour before tonight's match - left body parts scattered around the Emab Plaza in an upmarket district of Abuja.
No one has yet claimed responsibility but the attack bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram extremists.
At the same time, firefighters were tackling a blaze at a hotel in Raouche, western Beirut, after a suicide bomber killed himself and wounded several security officers, close to the Saudi Arabian embassy.
Also yesterday, the highest court in Malaysia upheld a ban on Catholics using the word Allah to refer to their own god in what some experts fear is the latest step in a creeping Islamisation of the country.
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Over the last month, the world's media has been awash with gruesome images of barbarism - pulled into sharp focus in recent days with the barrage of horrific videos and hate-filled messages pouring onto the internet from Sunni militants in Iraq.
But it is far from restricted to that country alone. In just the last few days:
Footage has emerged showing armed militant children as young as eight watching as an Iraqi prisoner is executed by ISIS, while another shows a captured Iraqi police officer being beheaded;
At least five people have died in an attack on Kenya's coast just days after Al Qaeda-inspired terror group Al Shabaab kills 60 in twin massacres;
Islamist militants Boko Haram are feared to have snatched 90 villagers in the same area of Nigeria where they seized nearly 300 Christian schoolgirls two months ago;
A human rights group has warned that revenge attacks between Christian and Islamic militia in the Central
African Republic risk creating conditions for a genocide reminiscent of Bosnia in the 1990s.
Just last night, an explosion in a Nigerian shopping mall killed at least 21 people and injured 17 more as the nation prepared to watch its football team play Argentina in the World Cup
Also yesterday, a suicide bomber killed himself and wounded several security officers at a hotel in Raouche in Beirut, close to the Saudi Arabian embassy

Global fundamentalism: Some of the countries spanning two continents where extreme Islamic acts have been perpetrated in recent days and weeks
Another form of religious extremism has also gained widespread attention and subsequent outrage in Sudan, where a mother was handed the death sentence for marrying a Christian and was forced to give birth in shackles in prison.
Mariam Yehya Ibrahim was released after an international outcry, but yesterday was re-arrested and charged with fraud as she tried to leave the country with her American husband, Daniel Wani, and their two children.
The Sudanese authorities claim she failed to use her Muslim name on her travel documents.
Just tonight, an explosion in a Nigerian shopping mall killed at least 21 people and injured 17 more as the nation prepared to watch its football team play Argentina in the World Cup.

People watched on as smoke filled the sky after an explosion at a shopping mall in Abuja, Nigeria, just hours before the start of tonight's World Cup match against Argentina, which killed at least 21 people