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Egyptian Islamists Threaten Country’s Christian Citizens
July 23, 2018
Recent attacks and threats by a Muslim mob protesting the legalization of a Coptic Orthodox Church in an Egyptian town, supported by the local police, underscore the predominance of Islamist majoritarianism that threatens the country’s Christian population.
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New Presidential System Moves Turkey Toward Islamist Dictatorship
July 23, 2018
The inauguration of Turkey’s new presidential system under the leadership of Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan began with a 143-page decree centralizing unchecked authority over all political and military institutions in the country’s executive and moving the NATO member-state closer to an Islamist dictatorial regime.
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Islamist Groups Aim to Capture Parliament in Pakistan
July 23, 2018
A broad range of Islamist groups and parties in Pakistan, many of which are linked to the country’s military and which advocate death for speech considered blasphemous and violence against non-Muslims, are running strong campaigns aiming to capture a parliamentary majority in the country’s approaching national elections.
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Taliban Uses Narcotics, Jihad to Maintain Power in Afghanistan
July 23, 2018
Almost two decades after the initial US war in Afghanistan following the al-Qaeda terror attacks against America, the Islamist Taliban movement controls more Afghan territory than ever before and is funding jihad at home and abroad with massive narcotics revenues from opium production.
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Islamist Theocracies Clash in Run-up to Pilgrimage Season
July 23, 2018
Sunni-Shiite sectarian tensions fueled by competition between the Mideast’s two largest Islamist theocracies, Saudi Arabia and Iran, are escalating in the run-up to the haj-pilgrimage season to Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia for the world’s Muslim population.
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