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Taliban See Islamist Battle Bear Fruit in Russia, US Engagement
December 14, 2018
40 years of jihadist warfare by the Taliban in Afghanistan, first to oust the Soviet Union’s invasion forces and then to battle the US-backed Afghan government, is bearing results for the Islamist group aiming to impose sharia law across Afghanistan, in the form of a Russia-sponsored peace conference and a separate, US-backed peace negotiation.
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IS Recruiter Runs School in Sweden’s Second Largest City
December 14, 2018
Sweden’s Security Police have confirmed that the headmaster of one Sweden’s largest schools, located in the country’s second largest city, is connected to recruitment for Islamist extremist groups and is a public supporter of the Islamic State (IS).
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Pakistani Christian Woman Acquitted of Blasphemy Remains in Hiding
December 14, 2018
A Pakistani Christian woman, Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy charges that kept her in state prison for almost a decade, remains in hiding since her release as mobs of radical Islamists continue public protests demanding that the government of Pakistan publicly execute her.
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WHO Warns of Impacts of Vaccination Fatwa
December 13, 2018
World Health Organization (WHO) officials are warning of possible measles contagion and a spike in associated birth defects in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, as millions eschew the measles-rubella (MR) vaccine after the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) issued a fatwa religious ruling forbidding the vaccination.
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Egypt Considers Burqa Ban in Battle Against Islamist Extremism
December 13, 2018
Egypt’s Parliament will consider a draft law to ban wearing the burqa in specific public spaces, including hospitals, schools, and cinemas, as Egypt confronts public security risks that include intensifying violence by Islamist extremist groups.
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