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UN and OIC Team up on Jerusalem Status
December 14, 2015
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") and the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People ("CEIRPP") are co-sponsoring an international conference in Indonesia to discuss the status and future of Jerusalem in light of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the 57-member-state OIC positioning itself as sponsor for all Palestinians in the complex questions associated with Jerusalem.
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Demography, Migration, and Radicalization HIghlighted in Pew Survey on Global Islam
December 14, 2015
A new and comprehensive survey on Muslims and Islam worldwide indicates that Islam is the world's fastest growing major religion, with migration and demographic patterns projecting that Muslims will comprise 10 percent of Europe's population by mid-century, while support for sharia law is highest among Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
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Global Islamist Insurgency Demands Straight Talk and Complex Policy
December 14, 2015
A deradicalized Islamist argues that success in defeating Islamic State's ("IS") global Islamist insurgency demands candid discussion about distinctions between totalitarian Islamism versus Islam and complex policy combining military action with diplomacy.
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Muslims Must Be Part of the Solution to Extremist Islamism
December 14, 2015
The internationalization of the Islamic State ("IS") war in Syria and Iraq and the globalization of Islamist violence has provoked an intense US policy debate about countering extremist Islamism, with growing calls for Muslim-majority states and anti-IS Muslims to assume a more activist role in combating puritanical Islamist ideas and jihadi groups.
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California Attack Raises Questions About US Immigration and Islamist Radicalization
December 14, 2015
Evidence emerging from the investigation of the recent California terrorist attack suggests that the perpetrators were radicalized Islamists who had been contemplating a jihadi attack for years, raising serious questions about vulnerabilities in US efforts to counter domestic Islamist extremism and in Homeland Security screening of visa applications.
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