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Security Experts Look to Cults for Clues on Islamist Extremism
August 10, 2017
US and UK security experts are analyzing the ideology, leadership, and institutional dynamics of historical cults to understand the similarities with contemporary Islamist extremist movements and to develop effective measures to counter the psychological and material tactics of jihadi radicalization and recruitment.
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Evolution of Islamism Shows Adaptive Use of Modern Tools
August 09, 2017
The evolution and globalization of Islamism reveals the adaptive use of modern political and social tools aimed at replacing popular sovereignty and secular states with a transnational sharia-based order.
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WIEF Aims to Expand Islamic Finance in Southeast Asia
August 09, 2017
The World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), a foundational institution of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is moving to expand the footprint for sharia-compliant/compatible financial activities and services in Southeast Asia, building out from the Malaysian core to ambitious banking, trade, and investment programs in Indonesia, Cambodia, and Brunei.
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Westernized Jihadi Vernacular Weaponizes Language
August 09, 2017
The emergence of jihadi discourses whose broad appeal is driven by the combination of Western vernaculars with Islamist militant theology complicates efforts to counter extremist Islamism in Western societies and weaponizes language to change ideas and behaviors.
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UNESCO Advances "Inclusive" Textbooks in South Sudan
August 08, 2017
Following the country's development of its first national curriculum, the UN Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) supported a "capacity building workshop" in South Sudan on the production and evaluation of textbooks that aim to make children "tolerant and welcoming of others," in line with the UN agency's agenda for "global citizenship education."
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