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Islamo-Nationalism Fuels Culture of Violent Impunity Against Turkey's Minorities
September 23, 2015
The combination of hardline Islamism and exclusivist nationalism in Turkey is fueling an escalation in the acts of societal and state violence against minority communities, especially the ethnic Kurds, building on the history of violent religious cleansing against the country's non-Muslim citizens.
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Iraqi Soldiers Are Migrating to Europe After Abandoning Fight Against Islamic State
September 21, 2015
Reports from Iraq show that Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite soldiers, fatigued by unending violence and doubts about political leadership, are beginning to join the mass exodus of Syrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State's ("IS") jihad to expand its caliphate in Syria and Iraq.
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US Islamic Lobbying Group Calls Republican Candidate Unfit for Presidency Because of Comments on Incompatibility of Sharia Law with Upholding US Constitution
September 21, 2015
The Council on American-Islamic Relations ("CAIR"), a prominent lobbying group on Islamic issues in America, has called on Republican Ben Carson to withdraw from the US presidential campaign because of his comments questioning whether a Muslim citizen who follows sharia law, which calls for the subordination of all civil and political authority to Islamic rules and statutes, should be eligible for the US presidency.
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OIC Countries Push Islamization and Standardization Across Economic Sectors
September 21, 2015
Dubai, Turkey, and other leading countries of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") are pushing for more active harmonization of standards and more ambitious sectoral expansion and integration of economic activities around the world, from finance to food to fashion, which conform with sharia law.
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OIC Mobilizes with Other Groups at UN Against Israel's Policies on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
September 21, 2015
States from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Arab League are mobilizing as a unified front in the UN to condemn Israel's recent deployment of police forces at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and to demand that the UN Secretary General take action to resolve the issue.
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