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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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Islamic Finance Experts Urge New Regulatory Body to Reduce Risks
October 29, 2015
The hyper-growth of the Islamic finance industry to nearly $2 trillion in assets globally is creating serious structural risks associated with market fragmentation, excessive leverage, and deposit instability, promoting economic experts to urge the fast-track creation of an international regularly and standards agency for sharia-compliant/compatible finance.
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