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Education Presents Challenge in Post-IS Context
April 03, 2019
International humanitarian agencies and local educators report that education of students in former Islamic State (IS) caliphate territory and in neighboring states hosting refugees who fled from IS will be a huge social-psychological challenge.
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Turkish Ruling Party Loses Municipal Elections
April 03, 2019
The sweeping losses by Turkey’s ruling Islamist government in the country’s municipal elections presents President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a conundrum over whether to repair ties with Western investors and NATO allies or to stand firm in his neo-Ottoman foreign policy and authoritarian Islamist domestic agenda.
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German Police Arrest 10 Suspects in Islamist Terrorist Plot
March 27, 2019
German police are holding 10 men on suspicion of plotting an Islamist terrorist attack designed to “kill as many non-believers as possible” using vehicles and guns.
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New Zealand Official Criticizes Politicization of Attack on Mosques
March 20, 2019
New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for politicizing the recent high-casualty attack on two mosques in Christchurch by characterizing the attack in a local election campaign as a contemporary battle by the West against Islam.
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US Secretary Labels Taliban a Terrorist Group
March 14, 2019
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s characterization of the Taliban as terrorists raised eyebrows in the press and diplomatic community given that the US is currently negotiating with the Taliban for an agreement to end 19 years of continual warfare by the group to make the Southwest Asian country a sharia state.
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