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Islamist States Intensify Their Sectarian Face-off by Pursuing Nukes
January 21, 2016
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister refused to deny reports that the Sunni Islamist theocracy may be seeking to double down on its feud with Shiite Islamo-theocracy Iran by purchasing weapons of mass destruction from another Islamist nuclear state, Pakistan, when he insisted that Saudi Arabia does "not negotiate over faith and security."
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Britain Seeks Integration of Muslim Women as Prevention Against Islamist Radicalization
January 21, 2016
Britain's Prime Minister announced the inauguration of a new budget for English-language programs for the country's Muslim women, viewed as a counter against high metrics of social marginalization and Islamist radicalization.
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US Summit Aims to Pressure Gulf States on IS Fight
January 21, 2016
Politico reports that a future US-convened summit in Brussels among 26 countries participating in the fight against the Islamic State ("IS"), plus Iraq, will in part seek to place pressure on Gulf States to ramp up their support for the military effort and security situation in the Middle East.
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Pakistani Taliban Stage Fatal Rampage at University
January 21, 2016
A hyper-militant faction of the Pakistani Taliban went on a high-fatality rampage at a university campus near the country's capital city, using the same soft-target approach as last year's assault on the Army Public School, in order to weaken the government in the face of radical Islamist objectives.
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Boy Amputates Hand to Adhere to Islamic Blasphemy Laws
January 21, 2016
A 15-year-old boy presented his self-amputated right hand as a repentance offering to a Pakistani cleric who falsely accused the boy of blasphemy, raising renewed debate in Pakistan about the chilling effects on free speech and shocking acts of corporal punishments associated with the Islamic blasphemy ordinances.
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