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Boko Haram Causes Catastrophe in African Sahel Region
September 28, 2016
Experts warn that the seven-year jihadi campaign by Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist group aiming to impose sharia law in Africa, has caused a catastrophic security, humanitarian, refugee, and migration crisis across the geopolitically crucial Sahel region encompassing Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.
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Report Cautions Against Involvement in Global Islamic Disputes
September 28, 2016
A new Atlantic Council report on Western strategies for countering global Islamist extremism cautions against involvement in Islamic theological disputes, suggesting instead the importance of understanding and preparing for the political and security consequences of such religious debates.
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Economists Warn of Potential Effects of Muslim Population Growth
September 28, 2016
Economists caution that data indicating comparatively high demographic growth for Muslims worldwide in the next decades increase the possibility of global geopolitical instability and socio-political unrest driven by Muslim youth frustrated by lack of employment opportunities and economic growth.
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"Lone Wolf" Moniker Misunderstands Threat of Islamist Radicalization
September 23, 2016
Matthew Levitt writes that US government authorities investigating the recent bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey as acts of a "lone wolf" terrorist inspired by Islamic State recruitment techniques on social media are minimizing the security threats from the full spectrum of recruitment networks and radicalization tools used by Islamist terror groups around the world.
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Boko Haram Drives Humanitarian Crisis in Nigeria
September 23, 2016
Boko Haram's years-long guerrilla war to make Nigeria a sharia state has generated a massive domestic humanitarian and refugee crisis that, along with spillover effects from the jihadi war into neighboring countries, is causing a pervasive destabilization of the security environment throughout Africa.
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