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2015 Was Marked by Troubling Signs of Extremist Islamism in America
January 27, 2016
Extremist political Islam became a more prominent and consistent part of the US social and political landscape in 2015, based on a media review of threats of religious violence, social intolerance, and chilling effects on free speech and gender equality.
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IS Continues Religious Cleansing of Iraqi Christianity with Destruction of Ancient Christian Monastery
January 27, 2016
Satellite imagery has confirmed that Islamic State ("IS") forces destroyed the sixth-century Chaldo-Assyrian Monastery of St. Elijah, a genocidal act that augments IS' cleansing of Christians by obliterating their religious sites and, therefore, any testimony of Christianity presence in Iraq long before the jihadist arrival of Islam in the seventh century.
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US Begins Implementation of Visa Waiver Restrictions
January 22, 2016
The US government has announced implementation of US visa-waiver program reforms recently passed by Congress to require some foreign nationals, including those who are dual nationals of Iran or Syria and people who have traveled to these countries in recent years, to obtain visas prior to entering the US.
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Islamist Extremists Aim to Destroy Media Freedoms in Afghanistan
January 22, 2016
Human Rights Watch reports on the uptick in attacks by the Islamic State ("IS") and Taliban groups against journalists in Afghanistan, a trend aimed at destroying media freedoms toward the goal of making the country a sharia state.
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US Plans for Tighter Visa Requirements to Prevent Entry by Radical Islamists
January 21, 2016
The Obama Administration is formulating measures to implement recently passed congressional legislation to prevent radical Islamists seeking to enter the US on European passports by imposing visa restrictions on Europeans who have traveled in the past five years to Syria and Iraq (countries with an Islamic State footprint) and Iran and Sudan (countries with sharia regimes that the US designates as state sponsors of terrorism).
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