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OIC Expands Footprint in the Americas
November 03, 2015
Guyana's discussions about membership in the Islamic Development Bank, the main financial institution of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), are part of the country's move toward greater political, cultural, and economic integration with the OIC, and also signal the OIC's expanding footprint in South America.
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Attacks Against Bloggers Signal Growing Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh
November 03, 2015
The growth of extremist Islamist influence in Bangladesh is reflected in the intensified climate of violent impunity in the country, with yet another round of attacks against secularist bloggers, coupled with bombings against Shiite celebrations, and threatening demands to newspapers to adhere to Islamic injunctions against female employment.
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Turkish Islamist Group Comes Under Scrutiny for Funding Congressional Trips
November 03, 2015
The US Congress is investigating the global Turkish Islamist network of the Fetullah Gulen movement, until recently a major supporter of the ruling Islamist party in Turkey, for apparent financial irregularities associated with funding for numerous US congressional delegations to Turkey.
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Saudis Export Wahhabi Extremism in School Textbooks
November 03, 2015
Saudi Arabia's school textbooks, which are exported worldwide to Saudi-supported charter and parochial schools, include incitements to violence against "infidels" and non-conforming Muslims and promote hatred against non-Muslims.
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Pakistani Courts Highlight Dangers of Blasphemy Laws
October 29, 2015
Pakistan's Supreme Court has highlighted the dangers to social order and human rights associated with blasphemy laws that criminalize insulting Islam, as evidenced in the societal impunity and vigilante assassination of then-Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
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