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Lawyer Warns of UK Restrictions on "Extreme" Speech
November 29, 2016
Attorney Paul Coleman warns that, while leaving the EU will disentangle the UK from the bloc's online Code of Conduct and other restrictions on so-called "hate speech," Britain will maintain its own laws clamping down on speech identified by authorities as being too extreme, including under the provisions of the country's Counter-Extremism Bill.
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US Government Supports Lawsuit over Mosque Construction
November 28, 2016
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Bernards Township in New Jersey, in support of a complaint filed by the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, alleging that the township's denial of a zoning permit to build a mosque constitutes religious discrimination that violates US federal law.
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Indonesian Blasphemy Trial Signals Islamist Threats to Democracy
November 28, 2016
The ongoing blasphemy case in Indonesia against the Chinese Christian governor of the country's capital city has thrown into sharp relief the growing challenges from hardline Islamist groups whose opposition to free speech threatens to corrode constitutional rights and the commitment to pluralism in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
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Jihadi Extremism Will Survive Defeat of IS in Iraq
November 28, 2016
International security experts warn that the possibilities for ethno-sectarian tension are significant in the Iraqi territories being liberated by Shiite Arabs and Sunni Kurds who are leading the anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition, as Sunni Arabs fear economic disenfranchisement and political retribution in a post-IS Iraqi governance structure.
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Israeli Attack on IS Reflects Concerns About Jerusalem
November 28, 2016
Israeli Defense Force officials view the Islamist jihadi activity in the Golan Heights, culminating in the Israeli military's killing of Islamist militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in the triangular border area of Israel, Syria, and Jordan, as a concerning signal that IS remains committed to its declared ideological goal of capturing Jerusalem.
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