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OIC Sponsors Workshop on Countering Extremism Through Education
January 30, 2018
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is co-sponsoring with the Islamic University of Niger a workshop on the role of education in countering extremism and radicalism, a significant move for the 57-member-state global entity to acknowledge the rapid spread of Islamist radical ideology across West and Saharan-Sahel African states with sizable Muslim populations.
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Iranian Women Protest Islamic Dress Restrictions
January 30, 2018
Iranian women are ramping up their civil disobedience campaign, White Wednesday, against compulsory Islamic dress symbolized by head coverings, with growing numbers of participants provoking the Islamist government to replace initial punishments of jail time with relaxed penalties of required attendance in classes on "Islamic values."
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Defendant in Philly Cop Shooting Pleads to Allah
January 30, 2018
The murder trial for the accused perpetrator in the shooting of a Philadelphia police officer opened with his refusal to enter a standard guilty/innocent plea on the ground that he will not "plead to anyone but Allah."
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New Regulations Aim to Standardize Islamic Finance
January 30, 2018
The Malaysia-based Islamic Financial Services Board has announced plans to develop improved standards for regulating sharia-compliant/compatible finance on a range of issues from bankruptcy and insolvency, especially given the increased risk associated with the rapid expansion of new markets for Islamic finance in Africa.
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Survey: Islamists Use Opportunism in Deploying Scripture
January 30, 2018
A recent survey by the Brookings Institution reveals a strong tendency toward opportunism and pragmatism by Islamist preachers, politicians, and terrorists in their selective use of Islamic scripture to justify political platforms, social policies, and jihadist actions, suggesting the policymaking importance of education and media for countering extremist Islamism.
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