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Afghanistan Devolving into Islamist Civil War
July 13, 2015
Afghanistan is fracturing into an Islamist civil war, with Hezb-e-Islami, an Islamist organization whose leader is on the US Terrorism Watch List, recently declaring allegiance to the Islamic State ("IS") factions engaged in a battle with the Taliban for control over the country.
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Militant Islamists Continue War of Attrition in Somalia
July 13, 2015
Al-Shabaab, the militant Islamist group aiming to make Somalia a sharia state, staged a lethal attack on civilians in the country's capital, in an ongoing war of attrition against the Somali government currently protected by a multinational peacekeeping force.
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Tunisia Faces Problem of Jihadi Recruitment
July 13, 2015
A new UN report on foreign jihadi recruitment patterns identifies Tunisia as a major source of recruits to violent Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria, and urges the Tunisian government to develop a national strategic plan to counter rising Islamist sentiment and support.
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Militant Islamist Influence Growing in Indonesia
July 13, 2015
Increasing episodes of societal and state intolerance in Indonesia against non-Sunni Muslim communities and non-Muslim minority groups are being interpreted by experts as signs of the growing influence of militant Islamist ideas and actors inside the country with the world's largest Muslim population.
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Tajikistan Cracks Down on Islamist Extremist Websites
July 13, 2015
Tajikistan's government has outlawed and publicly identified 80 internet websites associated with a range of Islamist extremist groups, all of which are working to consolidate a sharia caliphate in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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