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Islamic Consultancy Claims "Islamophobia" in Pennsylvania Suit
May 18, 2018
HIRA Educational Services of North America, an education consulting firm specializing in Islamic schools, is suing the township of New Castle, Pennsylvania, claiming HIRA's inability to secure a loan to purchase a youth development center for multi-purpose use, including an Islamic boarding school, was the result of "Islamophobia."
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Failure of Somalia AU Mission Gives Traction to Islamist Extremists
May 18, 2018
A new report by the International Peace Institute identifies the civilian-protection failures of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as a cause for the congenital weaknesses of the Somali state and the associated resilience of Islamist terror group al-Shabaab.
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Expert Examines Origins of Islamism's Opposition to Democracy
May 18, 2018
According to a new book by Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution, Islam's founding as a religion committed to control of the state and governance, as well as the belief in the immutability of the Quran as divine word, are the root causes of the emergence of political Islamism and Islamist violence as oppositional forces to the foundational principles of democracy.
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IS Family Suicide Bombers Attack Churches in Indonesia
May 16, 2018
A family loyal to the Islamic State (IS) in Indonesia carried out a series of deadly suicide bombings over a 24-hour cycle against churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, signaling an uptick in the activity of IS and other Islamist extremist groups and a consequent deterioration in the security environment in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
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Iraqi Election Results Indicate Advances for Shiite Nationalism
May 16, 2018
Early results in the recent Iraqi national elections, the country's first in the post-Islamic State period, show anti-American and anti-Iranian Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr leading all candidates, indicating the continuing rejection of Sunni sectarian influences that enabled the rise of the IS caliphate and opposition to external influence in Iraqi sovereignty and politics.
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