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Iran Blocks Telegram App in Effort to Silence Critiques
May 04, 2018
Iran’s judiciary, in a branch of the "Culture and Media Court," has ordered the suspension of the Telegram messaging and video app, under the guise of "protecting national security," after state authorities determined the app had been used to organize a recent series of public protests considered to be crimes against the Islamist theocratic regime.
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Attacks in Mali Show Islamist Threat to West Africa
May 04, 2018
Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda staged a series of fatal attacks against Berber Tuareg tribes in Mali, part of the ongoing effort by Islamists to gain full control of the West African state and the entire region of West Africa.
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IS Affiliate Gains Ground over Rival Boko Haram in West Africa
May 04, 2018
The Islamic State of West Africa (ISWA) is gaining ground in the Lake Chad region countries, including Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, providing development help to the economically neglected local population, thereby gaining ground in the competition with local Islamist extremists such as Boko Haram to establish sharia states across the region.
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Study Details Significance of Islamist Forefathers' Prison Experience
May 04, 2018
A new study by a well-known British social scientist expert traces the formative impact of Islamist ideologue Sayyid Qutb’s prison experience as organizer of the al-Tanzim al-Sirri (the Secret Organization) and of prison as radicalizer to explain the ideological and organizational mechanics by which revolutionary Islamists developed in opposition to secular states.
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US Seeks Saudi-Qatar Reconciliation to Deal with Islamist Sectarianism
May 04, 2018
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s message to state officials in Saudi Arabia to repair the rupture with Qatar by the other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council is a strong signal that Washington views Islamist sectarianism as a primary obstacle to stabilizing the Mideast security environment.
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