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Sunni-Shia Islamist Radicals Converge to Support Violence Against Israel
January 03, 2019
In a meeting between senior leaders of Iran’s Shiite Islamic Republic and the head of the Gaza-based Sunni Islamist terror group Islamic Jihad, all parties committed to reject Islamist sectarianism in favor of action against Israel in the event that the anticipated US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is perceived as pro-Israel.
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OIC Engages with Technology to Grow Impact of Sharia Finance
January 03, 2019
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Islamic Development Bank and Islamist regimes from the Arabian Gulf to North Africa are engaging actively to apply blockchain technology and to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to accelerate the global growth of sharia-compliant financial instruments.
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Islamist Violence Spikes in Nigeria in Pre-Election Period
January 03, 2019
Fighting between competing factions of Boko Haram, the radical Islamist movement battling to make Nigeria a sharia state, is producing a spike in violence in the run-up to the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for early 2019.
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Pandering to Radical Islamists Mars Bangladesh Elections
January 03, 2019
The ruling party’s pandering to Islamist groups in the recent Bangladesh elections and the opposition’s hardline Islamist membership underscore the growing Islamist radicalization pressures in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian country.
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Iran, Jihadi Group Make Joint Commitment to Free Palestine
January 03, 2019
The Foreign Minister of Iran met with the Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a group designated a terrorist organization by the US and EU, to affirm the joint commitment of Tehran and the PIJ to the liberation of Palestinian Territories.