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IS Grows in Libya as State Failure Continues
May 31, 2018
The ongoing, factionalized conflict for control of the post-Qaddafi Libyan state has created an open space for Islamic State (IS) fighters to reconstitute the terrorist movement and to use Libya as a platform for Islamist extremism and violence across Africa.
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IMF Adopts Core Principles to Regulate Islamic Banking
May 30, 2018
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the proposal of the Islamic Financial Services Board for Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulation, intended as a supervisory framework to grow sharia-compliant/compatible banking and finance by attracting "unbanked" populations and to promote global financial stability.
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Belgian Officials Treat Liège Attack as Islamist Terrorism
May 30, 2018
Belgian authorities are investigating an incident in which an assailant killed two police officers and a passer-by and injured a hostage before being killed by police in Liège, Belgium, as a possible Islamist terror attack.
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Taliban Targets Afghan Trump Supporters
May 30, 2018
In the aftermath of a Taliban assassination of an Afghan man who minted a medal thanking US President Donald Trump for getting tough on Pakistan for its support of Islamist terrorism, other Afghans who have shown similar support to Trump have fled and gone into hiding for fear of retribution by the Islamist extremist group.
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Egypt Cracks down on "Storefront Mosques"
May 30, 2018
The Egyptian government has banned preaching during the month of Ramadan at 20,000 "storefront mosques" that proliferated under the previous Muslim Brotherhood government, in an effort to curtail the use of the informal mosques as a platform for Islamist extremism and to prevent mosques from promoting violent Islamist activities.
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