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Afghan Council Omits Taliban from Suicide Attack Condemnation
February 05, 2018
Following another recent spate of deadly suicide terrorist attacks carried out by a range of Islamist militant groups in Afghanistan, a council of 100 prominent Islamic clerics in the country condemned suicide bombing as an “act against Islam and humanity” but did not condemn the Taliban, which has been a key perpetrator of these incidents.
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US, UK Confront IS Recruiting in Trinidad
February 05, 2018
The US and British governments are working cooperatively with the government of Trinidad and Tobago to address the Caribbean state's emergence as a nodal point for Islamic State (IS) recruiting and related terrorist threats and radicalization related to the return of foreign fighters from Syria and Iraq to Trinidad.
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UK Report Calls for Civil Recognition of Sharia Marriages
February 02, 2018
The Guardian reports that a review commissioned by the UK Home Office has advised British lawmakers to require that couples conducting marriages under sharia law register them with the civil authorities and, in a recommendation rejected by the UK government, pushed for government officials to regulate sharia councils as arbiters of Islamic law in Britain.
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WEF Panel Warns of "Collapse" of EU Refugee System
February 01, 2018
At the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and other government and civil society leaders warned of the "collapse" of the EU's refugee screening and reception systems and called for more burden-sharing and "shared solidarity" on refugees within the bloc.
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US, England Reject "Tolerance" Portion of Global Exam
January 31, 2018
The BBC reports that education systems in the US and England have opted not to require students to take a "global competences" portion of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests designed to measure students' openness to diversity, "cultural awareness," and susceptibility to "fake news."
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