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Coptic Couple Reveals Network of Islamist Persecution of Christians
July 30, 2018
The ordeal of a Coptic Orthodox Christian couple currently detained in Hong Kong’s largest immigration facility pending review of their asylum claims reveals an international journey from Egypt to East Asia that was marked by chronic Islamist persecution of Christians.
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IS Claims Responsibility for Assault on Midwife Center in Afghanistan
July 30, 2018
Continuing its jihadi war in the geopolitically crucial Southwest Asian state of Afghanistan, the Islamic State’s (IS) official news site claimed responsibility for a fatal assault on a midwife training center in one of the country’s important provincial capitals on the eastern border with Pakistan.
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Pakistan’s New PM Is "Friend of Islamists"
July 30, 2018
The election of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s new prime minister places at the helm of a nuclear state a political opportunist who is pro-Islamist and anti-American populist and has combined sharp criticism of US counter-terrorism policy in Southwest Asia with strong support from Pakistan’s armed forces.
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Islamist Extremist Parties Run Strong in Pakistani Elections
July 25, 2018
A range of Islamist extremist parties, all with differing political platforms, is running a broad field of 1500-plus candidates in Pakistan’s upcoming national elections, underscoring the geopolitical danger of Islamist radicalism’s dominance in a nuclearized Southwest Asian country.
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Report Examines Factors of Success in North African Parties
July 25, 2018
According to a new study from the Brookings Doha Center, the electoral success of Arab Spring Islamist parties in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia has been shaped by the willingness of party leaders to moderate their maximalist agendas in the interest of governing coalitions and support of policies of social pluralism and gender inclusion.
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