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Canadian Asylum Decision Highlights Extremism in Pakistan
February 05, 2019
The preparation by the Canadian Foreign Ministry to grant asylum to Asia Bibi, a PakistanI Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges for alleged comments about Islam’s prophet Mohammed, speaks to the inordinate influence of Islamist radicals and extremist groups in Pakistan.
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Islamic State Expands Footprint in West Africa
February 04, 2019
The combination of local economic and security grievances with corrupt and violent states and the deliberate expansion of jihadist fighter networks in West Africa as part of their relocation from the Middle East explain the expanding geopolitical threat associated with the Islamic State West Africa.
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Head of Interpol Warns of IS Resilience and Global Threat
February 04, 2019
The Secretary General of Interpol has warned that the Islamic State’s (IS) loss of control over its core caliphate territory in Iraq and Syria should not be mistaken for the defeat of the jihadist group, noting Interpol's database indicates IS sympathizers and fighters are organized for continued jihadist operations worldwide.
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Islamist Cleric in Australia Preaches Against Public Urinals
February 04, 2019
A Sunni Islamic cleric affiliated with Australia's fundamentalist Islamist organization Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association is preaching in one of Syndey's large mosques that Muslim men are imitating "non-believers" by using public urinals, as he uses Islamist discourse to change social norms and practices of Australia's Muslim population.
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US-Taliban Negotiations Highlight Lesser-of-Two-Evils Strategy
February 04, 2019
The advancing US-Taliban negotiations in Afghanistan for a US withdrawal in exchange for the Taliban commitment to keep out jihadist groups like the Islamic State implies a lesser-of-two-evils measure of Islamist extremist groups and will consolidate Islamist regimes in the critical region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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