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Tunisia Struggles with Integration of Returning Jihadists
January 03, 2019
The Tunisian government continues to struggle with the legal parameters and socioeconomic mechanisms for prosecuting and reintegrating returning jihadist fighters from three key Islamist military fronts of Iraq, Syria, and Libya.
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OIC Bank Seeks Spread of Islamic Finance Through Blockchain
January 03, 2019
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Islamic Development Bank Group is developing financial technology tools customized for sharia compliance, seeking to use blockchain and cryptocurrency for more rapid globalization of sharia compliant/compatible banking and finance.
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Iran Uses European Embassies as Platform for Terrorism
January 02, 2019
Albania, France, and Belgium are among the European countries whose governments have reported evidence that Iran is using its European embassies to target anti-Islamist, anti-regime opponents in Europe and as staging grounds for terrorism inside the EU.
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IS Resources Will Sustain Its Threat Capacity
December 26, 2018
Experts on the Islamic State (IS) concur in estimates that IS leadership has systematically hidden approximately $400 billion in loot in combined legal and criminal operations worldwide, a move that will sustain the Islamist terror group’s threat capacity in the wake of the IS military collapse in its core caliphate territories in Iraq and Syria.
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US Congressman Warns of Bangladeshi Islamist Networks in America
December 19, 2018
Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana, together with security experts and nongovernmental organizations, are raising concerns about the Bangladeshi radical Islamist group Jamaat-e-Islami’s activities inside the US based on its links to diverse charitable and educational groups in North America.