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Fear and Welfare Are the Linchpins of Life in the Islamic State
November 18, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") relies on cultivating a culture of fear and on implementing welfare state policies as the main control mechanisms for running the IS caliphate.
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OIC Lauds EU for Labeling on Israeli Settlement Products
November 18, 2015
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), the 57-member-state group whose charter defines its mission as the protection of the global Muslim community, lauded the European Union ("EU") decision to label import items produced in Israeli settlements as a step toward ending Israel's "apartheid activities."
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Jihadist Assault in Paris Raise More Questions About How to Combat Violent Islamism
November 18, 2015
Experts at London's Quilliam Institute, a think tank focused on analyzing Islamist extremism, argue that the Islamic State ("IS") jihadi attacks in Paris highlight the futility of an exclusively military approach to the need to counter Islamism, and instead highlight the urgent need for sustained, non-military strategies that combat Islamist extremist ideas and actors now indigenized in Western societies.
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Islamist Radical Groups Denounce IS Terror Attack in Paris
November 18, 2015
An array of Sunni and Shiite Islamist radical groups - Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad - have condemned the recent terror attack against civilians in Paris by Islamic State ("IS") actors, suggesting that IS is viewed as a pariah and global destabilizer by a notable cross-section of radical Islamist organizations in the Mideast.
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Islamic State Threatens Revenge Attacks Inside Russia
November 18, 2015
Russian security officials are analyzing the credibility of a newly released video in which the Islamic State ("IS") threatens terrorist attacks on Russian soil as revenge for Moscow's military action against IS targets in Syria, which would follow on IS's downing of a Russian passenger flight over the Egyptian Sinai.
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