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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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Jihadists Experiment with Cryptocurrencies
December 28, 2017
Growing evidence that Salafists and other jihadist networks are experimenting with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to raise funds for a diverse range of militant Islamist activities indicates the adaptability of global Islamist networks aiming to avoid security and financial regulatory frameworks that are designed to combat violent extremism.
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Christmas Across Europe Shows Signs of Islamization
December 28, 2017
A review of changes in primary-secondary educational events and public celebrations across many European cities shows a notable tendency to de-Christianize Christmas and to Islamicize the holiday, as governments submit to pressures from recent Islamist terror attacks at Christmas and to calls for multi-cultural sensitivity.
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IS Money Launderer Entered US Using Family Visa Program
December 28, 2017
The US Department of Homeland Security has revealed that the federal program for family-based immigration was the gateway for entry to America by the Pakistan-born woman now accused of using cryptocurrency bitcoin to launder money supporting jihad by the Islamic State (IS).
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Islamist Mob Attacks Coptic Church in Egypt
December 28, 2017
A mob of Islamists ended Friday mosque prayers by attacking a nearby Coptic Church south of Cairo and condemning the “unregistered” status of the church, which has been in operation for 15 years yet still awaits formal legalization by an Egyptian administration that uses discriminatory property laws to marginalize the country’s Christian citizens.
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