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Resurgent Taliban Gains Ground in Sharia Struggle for Afghanistan
December 28, 2015
Taliban militia continue to make headway in the battle for Helmand Province, a strategically important region that would allow the Taliban to use the opium economy and access to Pakistani support in order to oust the Afghan government and impose sharia through the country.
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Boko Haram Uses Jihadi Terror in Nigeria over Christmas Holidays
December 28, 2015
Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group waging jihad to bring sharia to all of Nigeria, launched a series of suicide bombings and bike attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria, raising the specter of a protracted, pro-Islamic State insurgency across West Africa.
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Christmas Reminds of Syrian Christian Plight from IS Cleansing
December 28, 2015
Refugee status in Lebanon is the Christmas reality for most of Syria's ancient Christian community, which originated in Biblical times and has gradually fled targeted beheadings, kidnappings-for-random, and property-and-livelihood-destruction by an Islamic State ("IS") militia aiming to cleanse Syria of its ten-percent Christian population.
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Saudis Lead Gulf Countries and US-Arab NGO in Denouncing American Presidential Candidates as Islamophobic
December 28, 2015
Saudi Arabia has taken the lead, along with heads of state from every member of the Gulf Cooperation Council ("GCC") and a prominent American nongovernmental organization the National Council on US-Arab Relations, in denouncing "prospective presidential nominees and other prominent American national personalities" for fomenting Islamophobia and instigating violence through "bigotry, demagoguery, and fear mongering directed against Muslims, immigrants, refugees, and communities of color."
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Malaysian Launch of Sharia-Compliant Airline Signals Broader Trend
December 28, 2015
The launch of a new privately owned, sharia-compliant airline in Malaysia, which follows strict Islamic dress, dietary, and prayer practices, seems to be following trend lines in Mideast airline travel and was heralded by an announcement from a Bangladeshi business that intends to launch a UK-based sharia-compliant airline.
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