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2015 Was Marked by Islamist Activism in America at Local and National Levels
February 01, 2016
The past year reflected robust activism by Islamist groups in America through social and political advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels.
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IS Flagship Magazine Reveals Jihadi Infighting and IS Anti-Saudi Stance
February 01, 2016
The articles in the latest issue of Fabiq, the widely circulated flagship propaganda magazine of the Islamic State ("IS"), reveal intensive internecine conflicts among globalized jihadi groups, with IS reserving particular opprobrium for the Taliban and Shiite Muslims and calling for the overthrow of the Wahhabist clerics and the ruling family of Saudi Arabia.
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Another Jihadi Suicide Bombing Continues Islamist Civil War in Yemen
February 01, 2016
Yemen's main port city and economic center, Aden, has been rocked by a second suicide bombing in two days, as multiple Sunni jihadi groups, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State ("IS"), have allied with Saudi Arabia in an Islamic sectarian war to oust Shiite Houthis from control over large parts of Yemen.
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British Government Building Financed by Sharia Bonds Cannot Serve Alcohol
February 01, 2016
Building renovations requiring the temporary relocation of Britain's House of Commons to another government building that is financed by sharia bonds reveals a consequence of Islamic finance in the form of a ban on alcohol sales, prohibited under sharia law, in a British government building.
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Saudi Leadership Struggles Fuel Mideast Islamist Conflicts
January 29, 2016
An official German intelligence report and public statements by Germany's Vice-Chancellor reveal Western concern that the power struggle for the next succession to the Saudi throne is fueling reckless foreign policy moves by the country's Deputy Crown Prince, in the form of pro-Sunni military interventions against Shiite actors and provocations of Iran, as well as financial support for Sunni extremist ideological movements.
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