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Boko Haram Jihad Worsens African Humanitarian Crisis
December 05, 2016
UN refugee officials are warning that the recent uptick in attacks in the ongoing, seven-year jihadi campaign by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is making it impossible to deliver urgent food and medical humanitarian assistance to the nearly 2.6 million displaced persons in the sub-Saharan African countries of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.
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Sharia Banking Comes to Scotland
December 05, 2016
Scottish banking authorities have welcomed the first sharia-compliant bank, a retail bank with an extensive branch and office network throughout the UK, to expand Scotland's "ethical finance" profile by offering Islamic banking services.
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Islamists Impose Taxation or Beheading on Somali Population
December 05, 2016
Al Shabaab militants beheaded eight villagers in Somalia for refusing to pay taxation in kind, as the Islamist group continues its military campaign to establish sharia law throughout the war-ravaged East African state.
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IS Claims Ohio State Attacker
December 05, 2016
The Islamic State (IS) has identified the Somali refugee and Ohio State University student who perpetrated a lone wolf knife attack on the university's campus as a "soldier" of the caliphate, suggesting that the assault was a response to IS propaganda calls for sympathizers to step up low-tech attacks in the name of the jihadi agenda.
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UN Expert Reports Torture in Turkey Since Coup Attempt
December 05, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, concluding a fact-finding mission to Turkey, reported that state torture, intimidation, and impunity have become widespread under the Islamist government, which has engaged in widespread political purges, arrests, and military measures against what the Turkish state calls "coup plotters and terrorists."
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