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New York Bombing Suspect Claims IS Inspiration
December 14, 2017
The suspect detained by New York police in the recent pipe bomb detonation at the city's Port Authority area told investigators that he was inspired by Islamic State (IS) calls for Christmas attacks and that he was seeking revenge for US bombings in IS territories in Iraq and Syria.
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Turkey Moves Ahead with Islamization of Hagia Sophia Cathedral
December 14, 2017
Members of Turkey's ruling Islamist government, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), are moving forward with the Islamization of the great Byzantine Cathedral of the Hagia Sophia, calling for the immediate and full use of the site as a mosque, in retaliation for last week’s decision by the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
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Iran Plans Regional Expansion of Support for Shiite Militias
December 14, 2017
Leaders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps plan to expand the geopolitical footprint of the Islamic Republic in the wake of the Islamic State defeat in Syria and Iraq by increasing support to Shiite militias in Afghanistan and Yemen in what they consider frontline inter-Islamist battles to push back the expansion of Sunni jihadists.
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Pro-IS Sites Cheer Pipe-Bomb Attack in NY Subway
December 14, 2017
US security experts have confirmed that pro-Islamic State (IS) websites are celebrating the pipe-bomb attack carried out by a Bangladeshi immigrant in the New York subway as retaliation for the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and preliminary information from New York police indicates that the perpetrator was an IS sympathizer.
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Radical Islamists Target Christians and Non-conforming Muslims in Egypt
December 14, 2017
The recent spate of attacks by radical Islamist groups against Coptic Christians in Egypt has been accompanied by an uptick in attacks against so-called non-conforming Muslims in Egypt, underscoring that Islamist extremists are committed to silencing Muslims who reject violence and sharia states.
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