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UK, France Pledge Action on "Extremist" Speech
June 14, 2017
Raising questions about the breadth of European government plans to tackle "extremist" content on the internet, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed at a recent meeting to launch a joint campaign to punish social media companies for failure to tackle "online radicalization."
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Islamist Conflicts Extend to Lobbying in Washington
June 14, 2017
The Saudi-Iranian competition that is producing Sunni-Shiite sectarian warfare and massive instability across the Mideast is also playing out in Washington through public diplomacy and lobbying campaigns, including art exhibits and film and cultural programs, designed to sway DC opinion-makers and foreign-policy makers.
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IS Resists US Cyberweapons
June 14, 2017
Islamic State (IS) cyber technologies and strategies for radicalization, recruitment, financing, and planning have proven remarkably resilient and adaptable against American efforts to use cyber techniques to impede the spread of Islamist ideas and the execution of IS terrorist operations.
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Turkey Will Host OIC Meeting on Global Markets, Food
June 14, 2017
Turkey will host the 57 member-states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for the 5th annual World Halal Summit, convening public- and private-sector stakeholders committed to promoting growth in global markets and standards for goods, textiles, and biopharmaceuticals produced in accordance with sharia law.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Accuses US of Creating IS
June 14, 2017
As tensions escalate in the regional Sunni-Shiite power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the clerical leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has blamed the US for the creation of the Islamic State (IS) and for destabilizing the Middle East.
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