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Defendant in IS Paris Attack Trial Claims "Anti-Muslim Bias"
February 05, 2018
The Belgian trial of the lone surviving suspect from the mass-casualty Islamic State (IS) terror attacks in Paris in the summer of 2015 began with a statement from the suspect alleging widespread bias against Muslims, who he said are "judged and treated in the worst of ways, mercilessly."
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IS, Italian Mafia Cooperate in Crime and Islamist Terrorism
February 05, 2018
According to European police and intelligence officials tracking the intersection of Islamist terrorism with global criminal networks, the Islamic State (IS) is using the Italian mob's Calabrian syndicate as a supply hub for opioids used by IS militants in Europe and North Africa and as a source of IS revenues from resale in secondary markets.
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OIC Promotes Integration of Islamic Tourism Markets
February 05, 2018
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) continues to push all aspects of economic and social integration of its 57 member-states through the tourism sector, as Tourism Ministers from the global Islamic entity met in Bangladesh to evaluate regional integration through tourism strategies.
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US Issues Terror Designation for Egyptian, Palestinian Groups
February 05, 2018
The US State Department designated three new Egyptian and Palestinian entities as terrorist groups, identifying Iran as a likely financier of the offshoot groups of the Muslim Brotherhood and suggesting that Tehran uses the network of proxy groups to sponsor regional and global Islamist radicalization and violence.
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UK Official: "Muscular Liberalism" Must Counter Radicalization in Schools
February 05, 2018
The Chief of the UK's Office of Standards for Education (Oftsed) called this week for educators to practice “muscular liberalism,” through educational standards committed to pluralism, as the optimal approach to combating Islamist extremists from using schools to undermine British values.
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