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Activists Worry About Contagion Effects of Brunei’s Sharia Code
April 10, 2019
International human rights activists are alarmed that the implementation of a strict sharia penal code in Brunei will spread to other countries in Southeast Asia.
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Turkey Uses New Zealand Tragedy to Claim Islamist Leadership
April 04, 2019
The arrival of a high-level Turkish government delegation in New Zealand in the aftermath of the mosque attacks in Christchurch signals Ankara’s use of the tragedy to claim the leadership mantle of Muslims worldwide.
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IS Incites Forceful Response to Christchurch Attacks
April 04, 2019
As their fighters engage in a battle for the final caliphate stronghold of Baghouz in eastern Syria, the Islamic State’s (IS) leadership issued an audio message inciting Muslims to view the Christchurch New Zealand massacre as a crusader act against Muslims worldwide and to join a renewal of the IS caliphate’s worldwide mission.
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Turkish Islamist Rivalries Underscore Multiple Sources of Authoritarianism
April 04, 2019
As Turkey’s authoritarian Islamist AKP government concludes trials against over 100,000 alleged members of the Islamist movement of Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen, the distinctive authoritarian tendencies of both Islamist groups are on display.
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Brunei Sultan Doubles down on New Sharia Penal Code
April 03, 2019
Facing an international outcry against the implementation of a hardline sharia-based penal code in Brunei, the country’s Sultan called for “stronger Islamic teachings” in the small Southeast Asian state, a move that may be designed to attract sharia-based foreign investment and to increase tourism from Muslim-majority countries.
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