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Activist Accuses Facebook of Enforcing Blasphemy Law
July 28, 2016
Egyptian-American anti-sharia activist Nonie Darwish says social media giant Facebook suspended her account after she posted comments critical of Islam in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, and has likened Facebook's censorship to the enforcement of "anti-blasphemy" laws in Muslim-majority countries.
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OIC Targets Gulenists and Aims to Expand Global Presence
July 28, 2016
In preparation for the upcoming Foreign Ministers' Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the 57-member-state multilateral group is considering Turkey's proposal to blacklist the movement of US-based Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen as a terrorist organization and reviewing plans to expand OIC offices in non-OIC countries.
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Radical Islamist Financing Networks Operate in Europe
July 28, 2016
European intelligence officials are heralding the arrest by Spanish police of two Moroccans integral to Islamic State financial network operations in Europe as crucial to dissecting and dismantling the links between Islamist radical economic recruitment tactics and jihadi financing in Europe.
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Academic Complains of "Hate Speech" on Facebook
July 26, 2016
Asserting that the freedom of expression "must come with limits and responsibilities," Dr. Imran Awan of Birmingham City University has published an article condemning what he deems to be the low enforcement by Facebook and UK authorities of laws and policies prohibiting "Islamophobic hate speech" on the social media website.
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UN Event Seeks Legislative Action on "Violent Extremism"
July 26, 2016
Emphasizing the need for "soft power" to prevent worldwide "violent extremism" at an event hosted in part by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and other speakers called for parliamentarians to help address extremism, mainly through policies instituting "mandatory education on culture of peace."
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