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Iranian President Deals Blow to Reformist Supporters
August 04, 2017
President Hassan Rouhani has dealt a wake-up call to Iranian voters who supported him in his second-term election as a reformist compared to the country's hardline Islamic theocratic forces with his announcement of the exclusion of women and young politicians from his cabinet.
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Egyptian Fatwa Kiosks Draw Criticism
August 04, 2017
Egypt's highest Islamic body, al-Azhar al-Sharif, is aiming to counter radical Islamist ideas by quick religious opinions offered in "fatwa kiosks" opened at Cairo metro station stops, a move experts are criticizing as a cosmetic, superficial response to the country's serious problems with Islamist violence and extremist ideology.
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Islamist Groups Continue to Condone "Revenge Rape" in Pakistan
August 04, 2017
Despite the arrest of a man for yet another episode of "revenge rape" in Pakistan, the widespread practice of raping girls and women to "protect family honor" continues to enjoy the support of the country's leading Islamist parties and organizations, which have opposed efforts by politicians to criminalize the act.
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OIC Pushes UN Security Council on Al-Aqsa Mosque
August 04, 2017
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is marshaling its 57 member-states to pressure the UN Security Council to provide protection to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the face of "Israeli abuses" against the third-holiest religious site for the worldwide community of Muslims for which the OIC charter claims to represent.
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Taliban Uses Burqa as Cover for Suicide Attack
August 04, 2017
A Taliban suicide bomber used the cover of a burqa, the full-body covering for women prescribed by fundamentalist Islamism, to perpetrate a lethal suicide bombing attack against a NATO patrol in eastern Afghanistan.
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