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Islamism and Authoritarianism Suffocate Media Freedoms in Turkey
November 30, 2015
Popular protests erupted in Istanbul in reaction to the latest episode of authoritarian suffocation of media freedoms by Turkey's Islamist government, following charges of espionage and terrorism against journalists covering allegations of Turkey's military support for Islamic State forces in Syria.
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British Struggle to Prosecute Jihadi Propagandists While Protecting Free Speech
November 30, 2015
British Islamist preachers using speech and media freedoms to propagate the globalization of the Islamic State ("IS") and the imposition of sharia law in Britain are creating security and rights dilemmas for the country's legal and security establishments.
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Attack on Shiites Is Latest Sign of Rising Islamist Extremism Bangladesh
November 30, 2015
An Islamic State ("IS") attack on a Shiite mosque in Bangladesh is the latest episode in a spate of growing Islamist extremist attacks and threats targeting the country's secular bloggers, Christians, and Shiite Muslims.
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OIC Meeting Pushes for Increased Bloc Trade and Commerce
November 30, 2015
The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation ("COMCEC") of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") completed its conference in Turkey with a detailed agenda for increasing trade and commercial ties, especially regarding infrastructure projects and development funding in Africa and Asia, within the 57-member-state bloc that represents world's 1.6 billion Muslims.
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Al Qaeda Is Resurgent as Global Jihadi Leader
November 30, 2015
Al Qaeda has effectively restored its position as a global jihadi organization, reconsolidating support from core Islamist extremist constituencies in South Asia and the Arabian Peninsula and reconfiguring its violent strategy toward civilian terror attacks that have US counter-terrorism experts worried about homeland security.
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