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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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Libya's Failed State Proves a Boon for Violent Islamists
January 29, 2016
The collapse of the Libyan state and the country's descent into civil war since the termination of the Qaddafi dictatorship has proven a boon for radical Islamists, including al-Qaeda and Islamic State ("IS") factions, which are drawing revenues from the country's oil fields, running jihadi training camps inside Libya's borders, and priming to use Libya as a platform to launch Islamist operations in Europe.
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Marrakesh Declaration by Muslim Scholars Meets Mixed Responses as Protection for Religious Minorities
January 29, 2016
The Marrakesh Declaration, the product of a summit in Morocco of 300 prominent Muslim clerics that is being touted positively by some participants and observers as a "Muslim Bill of Rights for non-Muslims," has also been met with serious skepticism by those arguing that the statement is superficial because it overlooks both the need and enforcement mechanisms for institutional and cultural changes necessary for rule-of-law religious pluralism.
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Freedom of Expression Takes Another Hit from Islamic Blasphemy Ruling Against Egyptian Writer
January 29, 2016
An Egyptian court sentenced one of the country's prominent writers to a three-year jail sentence for "contempt of Islam" on account of her Facebook post about slaughter of animals for Muslim holidays, thereby dealing another blow to freedom of expression from Islamic blasphemy laws that corrode speech and media freedoms.
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Europol Report Warns of IS European Operations and on Targeting Refugees for Radicalization
January 29, 2016
A new report by Europol, Europe's Police Agency, warned that the Islamic State ("IS") has developed an "external action command" and special forces units designed to carry out operations against civilian targets with high casualties, and that IS is honing its focus on European refugee centers as recruitment grounds for radicalizing Muslim refugees and fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
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