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WEF Examines Threat of "Fake News" in Latin America
March 27, 2018
At the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) on Latin America, panelists examined the threats posed to democracy by "fake news" spread in online fora throughout the region and called for societies to focus on education to help citizens distinguish between the truth and disinformation.
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Islamist Authoritarianism Pushes Muslims away from Islam
March 26, 2018
As the authoritarian social and political consequences of coercive Islamism are pushing Muslims to convert to other faiths and become secular "deists," according to scholarly research and policy data, some Islamist experts suggest reform of traditional Islamic jurisprudence as a remedy to apostasy.
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Boko Haram Releases Kidnapped Girls with Warnings
March 26, 2018
The Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is a sin," released 100 schoolgirls kidnapped as part of the jihadist operation dedicated to imposing sharia law throughout the West African country, withholding release of the Christian girl who refused to convert to Islam and warning those released not to go back to school.
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Countries Compete for Global Islamic Fintech Leadership
March 26, 2018
Intense competition to become the global leadership hub of Islamic fintech is pitting the UK against countries in Asia and the Middle East, as concerns about the comparative underdevelopent of the infrastructure for sharia-compliant/compatible products are outweighed by predictions of massive growth and yields in the global Islamic marketplace.
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UN Agents Criticize Saudi Death Sentence for Accused Iran Spies
March 23, 2018
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has called on authorities in Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a man accused of spying for Iran and "spreading the Shia faith" in the country, warning that the interrogation and trial of the man and 14 others convicted of similar crimes did not comply with due-process guarantees.
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