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Rebranding of Tunisian Islamism Raises Questions
August 08, 2016
Despite the renunciation by the leader of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party of "political Islam" in favor of "Muslim democracy," the party's extensive grassroots network of support from a conservative rural base favorable to sharia law, plus the high number of Tunisians among the Islamic State's foreign fighters, raise questions about the future direction of Tunisia's fragile democratization efforts.
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Islamist Violence Continues to Terrorize Belgium
August 08, 2016
As part of the group's "reprisals against crusaders" of the West, the Islamic State continued to terrorize Belgium, this time with a machete attack against two police officers in the city of Charleroi by an Algerian national who identifies as a "loyal soldier" to IS.
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IS Targets Pakistan's Judiciary
August 08, 2016
An Islamic State cell carried out a lethal attack against members of the Khurassan Bar Association in the provincial capital strategically bordering Afghanistan, signaling the Islamist terror group's continuing commitment to expanding its presence from the Levant into Southwest Asia.
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Southeast Asia Seeks Lead on Global Sharia Finance
August 08, 2016
Malaysia and Indonesia took the lead at the World Islamic Economic Forum toward establishing Southeast Asia as the center of global sharia financial capital markets by announcing the formation of a World Sharia Stock Market Centre.
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UK Review Finds Islamist Advocacy in Prisons
August 08, 2016
A review by British authorities of extremism in prisons found that the bookshelves of UK prisons contain Islamist literature advocating the killing of nonbelievers and that Muslim chaplains call on prisoners to raise money for organizations linked with international terrorism.
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