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Philippine Military Pressures IS-linked Criminal-Terror Group
April 26, 2017
The Philippine military has intensified its security operation against the Islamist militants of Abu Sayyaf after last week's clashes, indicating that the Islamic State (IS)-affiliated group was aiming to expand its criminal-terror activities, including abductions, beheadings, and piracy, into the country's tourist-heavy islands.
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Bahraini Group Plans to Upgrade Islamic Finance Regulations
April 26, 2017
The Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) plans to upgrade accounting standards and regulatory guidelines designed to maximize the investment potential of the estimated $1 trillion in worldwide assets in specialized sharia endowments (awqaf), which are primarily focused on mosque projects and global Islamization programs.
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New California Mosque Provokes Gender Controversy
April 26, 2017
A newly inaugurated, female-led mosque founded by a Christian convert from the University of California Berkeley's Start King School of Ministry has generated opposition to gender mixing from US Muslim groups such as the Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara, California.
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Afghans Welcome US MOAB Strike to End IS Penetration
April 26, 2017
Local tribal officials in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province have welcomed the recent US strike with the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or the “Mother of All Bombs”) on IS (Islamic State) underground tunnels as a means to end the penetration of the Islamist jihadi group whose practices are viewed as too brutal even in comparison with the Taliban.
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Boeing Aircraft Sale Shows Complications of 2015 Iran Deal
April 19, 2017
Boeing Airlines' planned $3 billion sale of aircraft to a major Iranian carrier has revealed the unanticipated complications of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal given that the sale is now legal despite the known ties of the Iranian buyer’s CEO to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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