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Istanbul Suicide Bombing Reveals Anti-Semitism in Turkey's Government
March 21, 2016
A recent deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul revealed the insidious anti-Semitism that has characterized the Islamist government in Turkey, as a board member in the women's branch of the ruling Justice and Development Party tweeted an anti-Semitic statement about fatally wounded Israeli tourists.
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Nigerian Government's Trend Toward Islamist Foreign Policy Generates Tensions
March 21, 2016
The Nigerian government's decision to join the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition against Syria is generating significant tensions within Nigeria, as the Nigerian Christian Elders Forum expressed concerns about the turn toward Islamist ideology in foreign and domestic policies.
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Study Strategizes on Prevention of Foreign Jihadi Flows to and from Syrian War
March 21, 2016
A new report issued by a prominent Washington think tank on foreign jihadi flows to the war in Syria lays out strategies for closing the jihadi transit routes through Turkey to Syria and back to Libya and identifies mechanisms for threat prevention associated with Islamist extremist fighters returning to their source countries.
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IS Develops Cross-Generational Jihadis for Long-term Caliphate
March 17, 2016
According to multiple UN and nongovernmental organization reports, the Islamic State ("IS") is working systematically to build inter-generational support for jihad to expand an international caliphate, using military training and education indoctrination of children and youth and threats of violent penalties on families refusing to dedicate their children to the IS cause.
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UN Rights Official Emphasizes Speech Protections Against Criminalization as Incitement
March 17, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteur for the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism warned in a report to the UN General Assembly against the slippery slope involved in using counter-terrorism as a legitimizing strategy for violations of free speech, as well as media and religious freedoms.
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