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Dutch Politician Cancels Cartoon Contest Amid Islamist Threats
November 28, 2018
Dutch politician Geert Wilders announced the cancellation of a cartoon contest seeking entries depicting Islam’s prophet Mohammed, after growing signs of social unrest and a death threat against Dutch citizens by Islamist hardliners from Pakistan who called the contest offensive and blasphemous.
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Islamist Intimidation Forces Closure of Coptic Churches in Egypt
November 28, 2018
Hardline Islamist gangs in Egypt’s rural areas are attacking and intimidating Coptic Christians in their churches, using social pressure to influence the Egyptian government to close the country’s many “informal churches” that are awaiting official state recognition under a 2016 law intended to provide churches with the same rights as mosques.
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Iran Targets Christians to Bolster Regime
November 28, 2018
The leaders of Iran’s Islamic theocratic regime are responding to US pressure on nuclear proliferation and human rights by ratcheting up a targeted campaign against the country’s Christian minority population, including by using blasphemy and apostasy laws to silence or imprison Christians and excluding Christians from government positions.
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UN Condemns All Parties for War Crimes in Yemen
November 28, 2018
A new report by the Group of Experts on Yemen commissioned by the UN asserts that all parties to the Islamic Sunni-Shiite sectarian war led by Saudi Arabia, Iran, and their proxy allies have committed war crimes, including indiscriminate targeting of civilians and non-military infrastructure.
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Islamic Banking Conference Focuses on Sustainable Growth
November 28, 2018
The Islamic theocratic kingdom of Bahrain announced that it will host the 25th annual World Islamic Banking Conference in November this year, convening the world’s largest gathering of Islamic finance and banking experts to discuss the theme “Islamic Finance & Sustainable Economic Growth in the Age of Disruption.”
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