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Al-Qaeda Leader Calls for Continued African Jihad
March 07, 2018
A newly released online video of al-Qaeda operations in North Africa and the Maghreb features al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri calling on the Muslim communities of North and West Africa to unite behind the Islamist extremist group in a continuing jihad against Western "invaders" and any actors that oppose implementation of sharia throughout the African Continent.
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Islamists Attack University Professor in Bangladesh
March 07, 2018
The spate of attacks by Islamists against bloggers and activists advocating for a secular separation of religion and state in Bangladesh continued with an attack on one of the country's top activists, a university professor and science-fiction writer who was stabbed in the head by a perpetrator declaring the victim "an enemy of Islam."
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Indonesian Islamic University Bans Burqas
March 07, 2018
The Indonesian government has explained that the State Islamic University's ban of the wearing of the full-faced burqa covering by female students reflects growing concerns over evidence of the growing influence of extremist Islamist ideology and actions opposed to the religious tolerance that has been a hallmark in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population.
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Syrian War Offers Important Lessons on Countering Radical Islamism
March 07, 2018
The seven-year war in Syria offers important lessons for policymakers looking to understand linkages between local and global Islamist networks and to address the economic and military variables that foster radicalization and enable violence.
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Western Institutions Criticize Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
March 07, 2018
US and EU rights institutions are criticizing Pakistan's punitive blasphemy laws, which punish speech and actions deemed insulting to Islam's Prophet Mohammed, for inciting Islamist extremism and for targeting Pakistan's religious-minority communities.
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