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UN Partners with Islamic Bank on Development Finance
March 29, 2016
The UN, the World Bank Group, and the Islamic Development Bank, which was founded by members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") to fund development projects in accordance with sharia law, are partnering on an initiative to fund jobs and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Eyal Predicts Prompt Failure of EU-Turkey Deal
March 29, 2016
Author and journalist Jonathan Eyal writes that, due to constraints on the Greek courts and administrative system, as well as EU rules restricting the deportation of asylum seekers to countries with lower refugee standards, the deal between EU leaders and Turkey on the return of migrants from Greece to Turkey will likely fail before it is implemented.
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Murray: US, Europe Have Not Fully Realized Islamist Threat
March 28, 2016
In the wake of the Brussels bombings, author Douglas Murray writes that Europeans and Americans have not yet realized the full extent of the threat of radical Islamists to their homelands and that only an attack on a far larger scale than those of 9/11 will "crack" the "illusions" these societies hold regarding how to effectively combat terrorism.
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CoE Commission Calls for Criminal Action Against "Hate Speech"
March 28, 2016
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, a body of the Council of Europe ("CoE"), has called for government officials to take action against "hate speech," including through regulatory and criminal measures aimed at eliminating speech that tends to promote hostility toward and discrimination against certain defined groups.
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EU Reaches Deal with Turkey on Migrant Return
March 28, 2016
The New York Times reports that EU and Turkish leaders have reached an agreement under which Turkey will accept the return of migrants from the Middle East, including Syria, who have entered the EU in return for $6.6 billion in aid, provisional acceptance of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens within the EU, and a resumption of talks on Turkish EU membership.
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