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Thai Islamic Ruling in Child Marriages Shows Shortcomings
January 03, 2019
Regarding a recent ruling by the Central Islamic Council of Thailand requiring the entity’s approval of marriages for minors under 17 years of age, they emphasize the decision is not legally binding and point to the need for more expansive, legalized protections against religious practices that contradict universal human rights norms and laws.
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Strasbourg Terrorist’s Death Highlights Danger of Islamic Extremism in France
January 03, 2019
The inclusion of the name of the terrorist identified as the perpetrator of last week’s Strasbourg market attack - confirmed by French officials to have been killed during his arrest by police - on the French National Security Watchlist underscores the systemic threat of militant Islamism in a core EU member state.
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Turkey Threatens US-Backed Anti-IS Coalition
January 03, 2019
Addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened military action against America’s anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition, which has gained control over the critical area of northeastern Syria where Kurds and Christians are concentrated.
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Australia’s Islamic Banking Superfund Targets Millennials, Non-Muslims
January 03, 2019
Managers of Australia’s largest Islamic pension superfund are targeting millennials and non-Muslims to drive exponential growth predictions in the next five years.
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Pakistani Lawyer’s Plight Shows Need for Robust Judiciary
January 03, 2019
The plight of Pakistani attorney Saif ul Malook, who has defended the most well-known victims of accusations of blasphemy against Islam in the Southwest Asian country, underscores the globalization of Islamist threats to religious and speech freedoms in the absence of robust and independent judicial structures committed to universal human rights.
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