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Italy Turns to Prison Imams to Prevent Radicalization
July 14, 2017
The Italian government is implementing a new program that will use Imams trained for prison ministry as a mode for preventing Islamist radicalization and jihadi recruitment among Italy's fast-growing Muslim inmate population.
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EU Rights Agency Supports "Hate Speech" Prosecution
July 14, 2017
In a conversation with justice ministers of EU member states, the Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights called on governments to take a "comprehensive, rights-based approach" to "hate speech" that appears online, including through the prosecution of offenders.
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UN Chief Seeks Rights-Based Approach to Terror
July 14, 2017
Chairing a recent high-level meeting on counter-terrorism strategies in Central Asia, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for governments to take a human rights-based approach to combating terrorism and to take care not to sideline minorities who have "suffered structural discrimination and marginalization."
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UN Official Seeks Ambitious Commitment to Refugee Placement
July 14, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi recently called on countries around the world to "step up" in offering asylum to refugees in line with their global commitments, warning that resettlement needs are currently outpacing available places by a factor of 13 to 1.
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Muslim Reformers Discuss Needs for Countering Violent Islamism
July 13, 2017
Muslim reform organizations such as the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and the Muslim Reform Movement are pushing for a major paradigm shift in how Western countries meet the challenges of global Islamism, arguing that it is a civilizational worldview whose ideas must be defeated as a precondition to military success against Islamist terror.
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