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Islamist Extremists Flex Power in Indonesia
November 07, 2016
The growing power of Islamist extremists was on full display in a violent public protest in the capital city of Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population, where the Islamic Defenders Group led a massive rally demanding the resignation of a Christian mayoral candidate for comments deemed "insulting to the Koran."
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Violence Is Backbone of Turkey's Islamist Autocracy
November 07, 2016
Turkey's President has appointed hardline Islamist nationalists throughout the country's police force and has weaponized "Ottoman youth brigades," indicating that violence is the backbone of the country's consolidating Islamist autocracy.
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Turkey's Islamists Continue Assault on Media Freedoms
October 31, 2016
In the past week, Turkey's Islamist government has used "anti-terrorist" charges and accusations of complicity in the summer coup attempt to shutter 15 more independent news organizations, jail journalists critical of the country's president, and interrupt internet access in the Kurdish-majority southeastern part of the country, which has been under emergency rule for over a year.
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Islamic Economy Summit Calls for Sharia Compliance Auditing
October 31, 2016
The Global Islamic Economy Summit, an annual meeting of key players in the almost $2 trillion sharia-compatible finance industry, has called for financial institutions worldwide providing Islamic finance to submit to an independent external audit to ensure strict compliance with and the "integrity of sharia principles."
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IS Commits Atrocities in Mosul "Scorched-Earth" Policy
October 31, 2016
The jihadi forces of the Islamic State are using civilians as human shields and are conducting massive summary executions of civilians in a scorched-earth policy against US-led coalition forces closing in on the Islamic caliphate capital city of Mosul in Iraq.
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