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IS Affiliate in Philippines Clashes with Military
April 19, 2017
Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic State (IS) affiliate responsible for a series of beheadings and kidnappings of civilians in the Philippines, has recently engaged in lethal clashes with Philippine military forces following warnings by the US Embassy in Manila of credible threats by the jihadi group against civilians.
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US Law Enforcement Expresses Concern over Domestic Jihadi Group
April 19, 2017
US law enforcement officials have reported that a Pakistani-linked jihadi group listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organization, Muslims of the Americas, continues to be a focus of concern for possible weapons purchases and tactical training for coordinating militant action within the United States.
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EP People’s Party Supports Ban on Full-face Veils
April 12, 2017
The Independent reports that the European Parliament’s (EP) largest political bloc, the European People’s Party, has adopted a resolution calling for an EU-wide ban on full-face veils, such as those worn by some Islamic women, “both for reasons of security and because seeing one another’s faces is an integral part of human interaction in Europe”.
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Attack on Copts Shows Islamist Geopolitics of Religious Cleansing
April 12, 2017
The Islamic State's (IS) latest lethal attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt signals the shift from episodic communal violence targeting Christians to a pattern of sustained terror using a model of jihadist geopolitics aiming at the religious cleansing of Christians from the entire Mideast.
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Saudi Arabia Pursues Nuclear Advances to Counter Iran
April 12, 2017
Nuclear weapons experts warn that Saudi Arabia is reaching out to China and Pakistan for help in expanding the Kingdom's nuclear development programs, in an effort to gain Sunni dominance over Shiite Iran, signaling a dangerous new phase in the global geopolitical competition between the Mideast's leading Islamic theocracies.
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