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UN Chief: Target "Hate Speech" to Prevent Atrocities
July 20, 2017
At the launch of an initiative to prevent atrocities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that averting such crimes requires combating "the proliferation of hate speech - both online and offline" that could "spread hostility and hatred" and lead to the normalization of violence.
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UNESCO Event Prioritizes Diversity in Preventing Terrorism
July 20, 2017
At a UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) event on how to use "educational media" to prevent "violent extremism," speakers emphasized the importance of promoting "inclusion and respect for diversity" and "citizenship education" in school textbooks and curricula to blunt the force of extremist messaging.
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OSCE Event Counters Religious Clothing Restrictions
July 20, 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights recently held a roundtable in Amsterdam for NGOs and representatives of the Muslim and Jewish communities to discuss state restrictions on religious rites and practices, including on religious clothing, within the OSCE and how to form "sustainable national advocacy coalitions" to combat such restrictions.
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Experts Brace for Potential IS-Qaeda Merger
July 19, 2017
Experts on Islamist extremism are suggesting that the near future of global jihadism will very possibly be shaped by a merger between the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda movements, which will generate renewed resilience and impact in the internationalization of Islamist extremist ideology and strategies of violence aimed at the singular goal of achieving a global caliphate.
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OIC-UN Conference Focuses on Jerusalem Developments
July 19, 2017
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will hold a conference in Azerbaijan on the increasingly tense conditions in Jerusalem, with specific focus on the OIC's core concerns of access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Israeli government policies "aimed at judaizing Jerusalem and altering its historic landmarks as well as its Arab, Islamic and Christian character."
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