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Saudi Role in Global Islamist Extremism Presents Policy Challenges for US
November 30, 2015
Western policy efforts to counter jihadi violence face serious challenges related to Saudi Arabia as an ally, given the country's commitment to spreading puritanical Wahhabi Islamism by funding global Islamist extremist ideology and terror groups, even as the royal family stays close with the United States.
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OIC Calls out Europe for Islamophobia
November 30, 2015
In the wake of the Islamic State ("IS") attacks in Paris, the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), which claims to represent the interests of Muslims worldwide, has called out the European Union for rising levels of "hate speech and Islamophobia" and for "failing to observe the teachings of the Koran."
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Turkey Plays Both Sides in Battle with Islamist Repression and Terror
November 30, 2015
The possible fallout from Turkey's shooting down a Russian fighter jet has catalyzed a discussion in Western security circles about Turkey's ambiguous commitment to fighting Islamist extremism and violence, given Ankara's economic and military linkages to Islamic State ("IS") oil and fighters, as well as the use of Islamist arguments to justify comprehensive suspensions of domestic civil and political liberties.
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Islamist Paramilitaries Take the Lead Against Turkey's Kurds
November 30, 2015
Human-rights experts and political activists are calling for inquiries into the possible Islamic State ("IS") connections of Islamist paramilitaries operating with growing violence and impunity against Turkey's Kurdish population concentrated along the country's southeastern border with Iraq and Syria.
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IS Attack in Tunisia Signals Push into North Africa
November 30, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") carried out a suicide bombing attack against a government target in Tunisia's capital, signaling growing aggression by the violent Islamist group to expand its North African footprint beyond Libya.
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