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Islamic State Uses Head Tax on Christians as Tool for Genocide
July 25, 2016
According to a new report by respected Washington think-tank experts, the Islamic State has systematically utilized the jizya, a discriminatory head tax levied against Christians, as a mechanism for genocide against the Christian populations of Syria and Iraq.
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Egypt Focuses on Mosque Sermons to Combat Islamist Extremism
July 25, 2016
Recognizing that weekly mosque sermons are a frequent source for radical Islamist teachings and incitements to violence, Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments has launched a new policy requiring Muslim clerics to deliver a standardized, state-approved Friday mosque sermon.
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Turkey Demands Pakistan Close Gulenist Schools
July 25, 2016
Turkey's demand that Pakistan shut down primary schools run by the movement of Turkish Islamist preacher Fetullah Gulen has laid bare the bigger problem of globalized, radical Islamist penetration, especially by Saudi Wahhabis, of Pakistan's education system.
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Swedish Policymakers Disagree on Best Methods for Countering Islamist Extremism
July 18, 2016
In the face of the spread of Islamist extremist ideologies and transitional jihadist activities inside Sweden, Swedish policymakers are sharply divided on whether security and intelligence tactics or democratization and social integration programs are the optimal methods for countering threats from radical Islamism.
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French Citizens Heckle PM at Nice Memorial
July 18, 2016
Hecklers called for the resignation of France's Prime Minister at the memorial service for victims of the terror attack in Nice, critiquing the government for its national security failures against individuals in France, like the perpetrator of the Nice massacre, with ties to and interest in global Islamist extremist groups.
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