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IS Leader Issues New Message Calling for Attacks Against West
September 04, 2018
Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi issued his first audio recording in a year, calling on the group’s followers to take a long view of the jihadi struggle and to stage revolutions in Saudi Arabia and Jordan and attacks against “Western Crusaders in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere.”
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Malaysia-India Extradition Dispute Highlights Dilemmas About Islamism
September 04, 2018
An unfolding dispute between the governments of Malaysia and India over the former’s refusal to extradite a renowned Islamic televangelist highlights the policy dilemmas in differentiating among free speech, Islamic discourse, and links to Islamist radicalism and terrorism.
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Death Penalty for Activists Reveals Wahhabist Limits on Saudi Reform
August 31, 2018
Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Courts will seek the death penalty for five Shiite female activists who demonstrated for equal rights for the Muslim minority group in the Sunni theocratic kingdom, a decision revealing the ongoing dominance of Wahhabi fundamentalist actors that demand strict controls over social activism and sectarian expression.
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Iran Imprisons Religious Leader for Blasphemy Against Islam
August 31, 2018
Iran's Islamic theocratic regime signaled its continued efforts to control free speech and thought as the country’s courts handed down a five-year prison sentence to a religious leader convicted of blaspheming against "Islamic sanctities."
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US Confirms Drone Kill of Al-Qaeda's Top Bombmaker
August 31, 2018
US intelligence officials have confirmed that a drone strike has killed the chief bombmaker for al-Qaeda, describing the outcome as a major blow against the strike capacity of the global Islamist terror group.
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