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UN, OIC Sign Two-Year Refugee Action Plan
February 21, 2017
The UN High Commission for Refugees and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have announced a joint two-year action plan for enhanced cooperation to alleviate global refugee and forced migration flows, including enhanced protections for asylum seekers and refugees in the 57 member states that the OIC represents on behalf of Muslims worldwide.
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Election Contest Is a Litmus Test on Indonesian Islamism
February 20, 2017
Indonesia's standing as a secular state safeguarding principles of religious pluralism is facing an ongoing litmus test in the second round of the election for Governor of Jakarta, as hardline Islamist groups remain committed to rolling protests against the ethnic Chinese-Christian incumbent governor for his alleged blasphemy against Islam.
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IS Caliphate Faces Financial Woes
February 20, 2017
According to a new study by British think tank International Center for the Study of Radicalization and accounting group Ernst & Young, core territorial losses of and financial constraints on the Islamic State (IS) are generating a shift in the caliphate's "business model" to fund its jihadi operations.
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Pakistan Violence Signals Strength of Jihadi Networks
February 20, 2017
The last week of lethal Islamist attacks on government sites and a Sufi religious shrine in Pakistan signals the rising strength of collaborative Pakistani and Afghan jihadis groups, with deep ties to Pakistan's military-intelligence apparatus, working to establish sharia states throughout a region of crucial geopolitical importance for counterterrorism efforts.
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EU, OIC Seek Cooperation on Common Interests in Europe
February 17, 2017
The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-member multilateral organization that claims to represent Muslims worldwide, met in Brussels to explore an agenda for intensified dialogue and partnership on issues of common interest in Europe.
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