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Legacy of Islamist Terror Survives Caliphate Contraction
October 11, 2016
Despite the steady contraction of territory in Syria and Iraq controlled by the Islamic State, the terror caliphate has created a generation of psychologically traumatized children, brainwashed as Islamist extremists, whose future welfare and impact on the societies in which they live is unknown.
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Iran Spreads Shiite Extremism to Mediterranean
October 11, 2016
International security experts warn that the impending battle to push Islamic State forces out of the key Iraq city of Mosul may enhance Iran's objective of securing a Shiite extremist corridor to the Mediterranean Sea.
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OIC Private Bank Strategy Promotes Sharia Finance Growth in Asia
October 11, 2016
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is positioning its Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector to develop strategic collaborations with private sector banks in order to expand sharia financial services and banking products in OIC-member-state markets in Asia.
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Islamist Wars in Africa Destabilize Weak States
October 11, 2016
Violent territorial wars waged by diverse Islamist extremist and terror groups across Africa are generating the collapse of already-fragile states and creating a continent-wide security crisis.
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Turkey Minister Accuses Global Forces of Islamophobia, Defamation
October 11, 2016
Turkey's Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç has called on a conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul to combat the global forces "who want to see Muslim countries slip into social and political chaos" and to be aware of "Islamophobia and defamation of Islam as malicious attempts to negatively influence young people."