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Malta Takes Steps to Become EU’s Islamic Finance Hub
June 29, 2018
The Government of Malta has announced the establishment of the Malta Islamic Finance Association (MIFA), a national body that will coordinate the country’s initiative to develop sharia-compliant/compatible regulatory frameworks, financial services, and digital technologies, with the goal of replacing the UK as the EU’s hub for the $2.2 trillion Islamic finance industry.
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Iraqi PM Orders Execution of Prisoners Convicted of Supporting Caliphate
June 29, 2018
Iraqi Prime Monistee Haider al-Abadi ordered the immediate execution of all prisoners convicted of supporting the Islamic State (IS) as retaliation for IS killing of eight hostages from Iraq’s security services, a move that strategic experts argue reveals the ongoing commitment of Baghdad to terminate any resilience of the IS caliphate fighters.
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US Terror Designation Reveals Saudi, Chinese Islamism Financing
June 29, 2018
The decision by the US government’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place the Southwest Asian Allie on the terrorism financing watchdog list is a strike at Pakistan’s failure to take robust measures against Islamist extremist groups and shows networks of global money laundering and terror financing by Saudi Arabia and China for Pakistan’s ecosystem of Islamist militants.
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Taliban Jihad Forecloses Children’s Future
June 28, 2018
The decades-long war of the Taliban to make Afghanistan an Islamist theocracy has produced massive emigration, billions of dollars in reconstruction needs, and the destruction of the country's education system and all associated institutions for child protection, thereby foreclosing the future for Afghan youth.
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Turkey's Elections Embolden Islamist Totalitarianism
June 28, 2018
The re-election victory of Turkey's Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President, with an alliance led by his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) winning a majority in parliament, has moved Turkey decidedly in the direction of an Islamist totalitarian regime.
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