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Indonesia Turns to Saudi Financing to Counter Chinese Influence
December 17, 2018
Indonesia’s government is turning to Saudi Arabia and other Islamist states for infrastructure funding to counter Chinese investments in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
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Islamic Council in Australia Criticizes Use of Term “Radical Islamism”
December 17, 2018
The Islamic Council of Melbourne has criticized a popular local radio talk-show host for using the term “radical Islamism” to describe the inspiration for a Somali-born Australian who set his car on fire and attacked three men with a knife, arguing that the term distorts Islam and that there is no real connection between the Islamic State (IS) and the religion of Islam.
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Islamist Financing in Congo Raises Concerns About Jihadist Networks
December 17, 2018
A Kenyan financier identified by the US and Kenyan governments as having Islamic State connections provided funds to the Islamist rebel Allied Democratic Forces warring against the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, raising concerns about the expansion of diverse jihadist groups across the African Continent.
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Iran Hangs Two Gold Traders for Economic Crimes Under Islamic Law
December 14, 2018
Iran hanged two financial traders for stockpiling gold coins and convicted of "spreading corruption on Earth," a high crime under the Shiite theocratic regime’s Islamic laws, in a move reflecting the ruling Islamic clerics’ efforts to stop Iran’s citizens from holding gold as security in the country’s worsening currency crisis.
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Netherlands Recalls Embassy Staff in Pakistan
December 14, 2018
Hardline Islamists in Pakistan continue to demand the death penalty for judges and politicians involved in the acquittal of a Christian woman imprisoned for years on blasphemy charges and have threatened violence against personnel at the Dutch Embassy in Islamabad, forcing the Netherlands to recall a sizable number of staff for security reasons.
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