After the bombing of Paris in November last year that killed more than 100 people, the world was once again rocked by attacks in Thamrin, Jakarta, on Thursday, January 14, 2016 which killed seven, including the five attackers. Sure enough, as soon as the bomb exploded, the Western media was quick to accuse the attacks as an act of "Muslim terrorists".

January 15, “Asia-Plus” information-analytical portal referring to Hussein Shokirov, the head of Religious Association Department of Religious Affairs, national traditions, celebrations and ceremonies’ ordering committee, reported:

Media outlets in Tanzania reported an incident of some CCM supporters waving racist placards during cross country walk at the climax of Zanzibar Revolution Celebrations which were marked on 12th January 2016. The incident took place in Presence of Zanzibar President Ali Mohammed Shein and Union Vice President Samiha Suluhu Hassan.

The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea on Sunday, as a show of force following North Korea's nuclear test last week. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un maintained that the test on 6th January 2016 was of a hydrogen bomb and said it was a self-defensive step against a U.S. threat of nuclear war.