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CoE Announces Rights-Focused Counter-terror Strategy
July 11, 2018
The Council of Europe (CoE) has adopted a new counter-terrorism strategy to guide national authorities through the years 2018 to 2022, emphasizing “prevention, prosecution and protection” with a focus on remaining “in full compliance with human rights and the rule of law.”
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Kazakhstan Hosts Meeting on Expansion of Sharia Finance
July 11, 2018
The Government of Kazakhstan hosted an Islamic Economy Forum that convened leading governmental and private sector players in the $2.2 trillion Islamic finance market, aiming to enhance the position of the Central Asian country in the globalization, regulatory standards, and digitization of sharia economics and finance.
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Children Are Main Casualties in IS Attack in Afghanistan
July 11, 2018
Islamic State (IS) militants in Afghanistan launched a deadly suicide-bombing attack whose main casualties where children, as the jihadi group continued to destabilize the country’s northeastern border region with Pakistan and sabotage fragile ceasefire discussions between the Afghan government and the indigenous Islamist extremist group the Taliban.
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OIC Meeting Pushes for Taliban Peace Talks
July 11, 2018
The 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a global entity claiming to speak on behalf of the world’s Muslims, is convening a conference of Islamic scholars to explore mechanisms for achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan by encouraging the Islamist extremist Taliban to negotiate an end to its 17-year jihad against the Afghan government.
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OSCE Guide Trains NGOs on Battling "Intolerance"
July 10, 2018
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently published guidelines offering a "comprehensive, gender-mainstreamed and human rights-based approach" for nongovernmental organizations to create coalitions combating "intolerance and discrimination" and seeking to build more peaceful societies.
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