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Turkey Moves Toward Sharia
February 21, 2018
Polling and survey data indicate that Turkey’s ruling Islamist regime is moving toward sharia state status, using a steady, incremental Islamization strategy in the country’s domestic and foreign policies.
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IS Perpetrates Deadly IS Attack in Dagestan
February 21, 2018
Islamic State (IS) propaganda sites claimed responsibility for a deadly attack against worshipers in a Russian Orthodox Church in the country’s region of Dagestan, indicating the ongoing activity of networks of Islamist extremists in the geopolitically important North Caucasus.
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Yemeni Man Pleads Guilty of Support for IS in Brooklyn Trial
February 21, 2018
A Yemeni-born US permanent resident has pled guilty on charges of support for Islamic-State (IS) terrorism in a Brooklyn court, admitting to seeking to join and recruit for IS, as well as to expressing interest in perpetrating a terrorist attack in New York.
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Wahhabi Rulings Forbid Valentine’s Day Celebrations
February 21, 2018
In a range of South Asian countries that are longtime beneficiaries of financial assistance from Saudi Arabia’s network of Islamist extremist charities, Islamic religious rulings (fatwas) forbade Valentine’s Day celebrations, indicating the global scope and continuing impact of the export of Saudi Wahhabi extremism.
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US Battles with Diverse Array of Forces in Syria
February 21, 2018
The Syrian Democratic Forces that are fighting with US Special Operations to liberate the remaining parts of Syria from Islamic State and other Islamist militias are comprised of a diverse array of local Kurdish and Arab populations.
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