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OIC Incorporates Science, Technology into Official Agenda
August 14, 2017
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has scheduled its inaugural Summit on Science and Technology for September in Kazakhstan to promote techno-scientific cooperation among the 57 member states as part of the OIC's expanding platforms for promoting the interests of Muslims worldwide.
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Al-Qaeda Offshoot Bans Smoking in Idlib
August 14, 2017
Fighting to control parts of Syria still subordinate to Islamist extremist ideology, the Syrian al-Qaeda offshoot Hay'at Tahrir a-Sham has announced a smoking ban as part of its ongoing social-control mechanisms justified by sharia law.
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ECJ Approves Hamas Terror Designation
August 11, 2017
The underlying facts of the Court of Justice of the EU's (ECJ) decision to continue the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization reveal both the group's funding support from the Islamic theocracy of Iran and its cooperation with Islamic State (IS) militants in the Egyptian Sinai for purposes of global jihad.
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Hegemony of Turkey's Islamism Threatens Christians
August 11, 2017
The hegemony of Islamism in Turkey's politics and society has been accelerated in the post-coup-attempt purges of the authoritarian Erdogan government, posing a range of existential threats to the country's small, remaining Christian communities.
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Experts Call for Economic Development to Secure Post-Islamist Syria
August 11, 2017
US security experts are arguing for the swift, sizable commitment of funds by Western powers for the reconstruction and economic development of Syria as a smart diplomatic move to minimize the chance of Islamist extremist resurgence after the military defeat of the Islamic State.
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