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US Policy Prevented Scrutiny of Visa Applicants' Social Media
December 15, 2015
As questions continue to arise over how the San Bernardino shooters entered the US after they were radicalized, The Hill reports that a former official from the US Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") has spotlighted a DHS policy that prevented, allegedly for political reasons, immigration officials from investigating social-media posts of applicants for US visas.
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Africa Adds a Sharia State
December 15, 2015
Gambia's President declared the West African country, which has a poor human rights record, to be an Islamic state, a move that opposition politicians condemned as a constitutional violation.
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Taliban Escalate Jihad Insurgency to Retake Afghanistan
December 15, 2015
The Taliban remain committed to making Afghanistan into a sharia state, escalating their insurgency to capture the southern province of Helmand on the border with Pakistan as a strategic beachhead for recapturing the entire country.
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Renunciation of Violence Is Key in Debates on Reform in Islam
December 15, 2015
Because renunciation of the ideological commitment to conquering violence is at the core of debates about reform within Islam, extremist Islamists deliberately promote those debates by misrepresenting the American religious experience as a reductionist, two-option choice for Muslims, between jihadi authenticity versus secularist dissolution.
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US Imam Claims Support of Trump Views Led to Ouster
December 15, 2015
The Fox affiliate in Beaumont, Texas, reports that a local imam says he was forced to resign as religious director of an Islamic Society because he agreed with presidential candidate Donald Trump's call for temporary restrictions on Muslims entering the US.
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