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Afghan Religious Leaders Push Taliban to Renounce Violence
December 29, 2017
More than 700 religious scholars of Islam from across Afghanistan convened to discuss pathways to peace in the war-torn country called on the Islamist extremist Taliban to renounce violence as un-Islamic and to reject cooperation with Islamist terror groups.
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Expert Says Facts Undermine OIC Claims of Muslim Victimhood
December 28, 2017
A security expert on Islam at the US Army War College argues that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) trope of "the Muslim world as victims" of Western discrimination and violence is belied by facts including that only one of the 57 OIC member-states has suspended relations with Myanmar for its cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.
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IS Video Calls for Holiday Attacks in Somalia
December 28, 2017
Islamic State (IS) affiliates in Somalia inaugurated their online propaganda presence with a new video exhorting the group's followers to attack civilians at "nightclubs, churches, and markets" during Christmas and New Year's celebrations, signaling the expansion of jihadist activity in the Horn of Africa.
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Pakistan Extremists Bolster IS Resilience in Afghanistan
December 28, 2017
The stubborn resilience of the Islamic State (IS) branch in Afghanistan against strong military pressure by US and Afghan government forces, and opposition from competing jihadis of the Taliban, reveal the strong imprint of operational and intelligence support from neighboring state and non-state Islamists in Pakistan.
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Jihadists Threaten New Christian Pilgrimage Route
December 28, 2017
The systematic targeting of Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt by the Islamic State (IS) and other jihadist groups is raising concerns among Egyptian security and interior ministry authorities that a newly established Christian pilgrimage route faces threats from IS affiliates to both Egyptian Copts and foreign Christian pilgrims.
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