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Saudi Grand Mufti Targets Vision 2030 Reforms
January 23, 2017
In a statement widely viewed as a warning to the country's Deputy Crown Prince to avoid the introduction of any political-cultural reforms as part of the "Vision 2030" economic modernization program, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, the top religious authority in the Wahhabi Islamist Kingdom, has condemned cinemas and music concerts as corruptions of Islam.
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IS Continues Rampage Against Syrian Cultural Site
January 23, 2017
Islamic State (IS) militants have committed further war crimes under international law with the deliberate destruction of yet another portion of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site that has been the target of IS rampages throughout their caliphate campaign in Syria.
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Al Qaeda Attacks UN Peacekeeping Camp in Mali
January 23, 2017
A high-casualty suicide bomb attack by operatives of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) against a UN peacekeeping camp in Mali, as "punishment" for the African nation's cooperation with France, has signaled the continuing durability of jihadi groups on the continent of Africa.
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Indiana Curriculum on Sharia Causes Controversy
January 23, 2017
The New Albany-Floyd County School Board in Indiana is reviewing a curriculum assignment on sharia law in response to parental concerns that a student worksheet asking for views on sharia law whitewashes the human rights violations associated with strict Islamist laws and practices, especially those related to gender equality.
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Pakistan Arrests Islamists Supporting Blasphemy Laws
January 23, 2017
Pakistani police have arrested a large group of demonstrators belonging to an extremist Islamist coalition on charges of planning violence against a memorial service commemorating the assassination of a government minister who had advocated reform of the country's draconian blasphemy laws.
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