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UK Official Urges EU to Help End Blasphemy Laws
May 24, 2018
Britain’s Foreign Office Minister of State for Human Rights Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has urged British, EU, and UN policymakers and officials to cooperate in ending global blasphemy and apostasy laws used by Islamists to silence religious freedom, while also recognizing that some EU member states have their own, albeit outmoded, blasphemy laws.
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British Court Convicts Mother for Daughter's Forced Marriage
May 24, 2018
A British court has convicted a Pakistani woman in London for forcing her then-14-year-old daughter to marry a 36-year-old man in Pakistan, in the first successful prosecution related to the work of the country’s Forced Marriage Unit.
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Algerian Court Orders Expulsion of Malian Islamist Militants
May 24, 2018
Algeria’s Supreme Court has ordered the expulsion of 105 Malians belonging to the Islamist militant group Ansar Eddine, as the country has become increasingly plagued by attacks from a range of jihadist groups including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
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Manchester Marks Anniversary of Terror Attack
May 23, 2018
Residents of Manchester, England held a one-year memorial on the anniversary of last year’s lethal suicide bombing by an Islamic State (IS) supporter at a rock concert, with the city’s mayor commenting on the continuing trauma caused by memories of Islamist terrorism in Manchester and other parts of the UK.
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Turkey Expands Market for Sharia-Compatible Tourism
May 23, 2018
Turkey is rapidly expanding its sharia-compatible/compliant tourism offerings, aimed at appealing to tourists from Muslim-majority countries and at balancing the sharp decline in Western visitors who have been put off by the deterioration in the country’s security environment that is associated with Islamist terrorism and political Islam.
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