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Multilateral African Offensive Acts Against Boko Haram Caliphate Expansion
March 11, 2015
A multilateral military offensive involving Chad and Niger is underway to counter the spread of terrorist attacks by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which has expanded its efforts to install sharia law in Nigeria toward the goal of consolidating an African caliphate including Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.
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OIC Advocates for Kashmir and Palestine in UN Human Rights Council
March 11, 2015
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") is actively engaged in the UN Human Rights Council in advocating for the independence of Indo-Pakistani-disputed Kashmir and for recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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Saudi Arabia Says Sharia Law Conforms to International Human Rights Standards
March 11, 2015
Saudi Arabia's representative to the UN Human Rights Council defended the country's "sovereign right to implement sharia law," and described the application of Islamic law in the country's judicial system as "foolproof" and consistent with international human rights law.
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Radical Islamists Increase Recruiting Traction on Twitter
March 11, 2015
A new study on social media as a recruiting tool for violent Islamist extremism reports that there are more than 46,000 Twitter accounts active on behalf of the Islamic State ("IS"), with Twitter feeds utilized as gateway recruiting, with initial points of contact and propaganda messages acting as leverage points for more active forms of recruiting on related social media platforms.
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Islamic State War Crimes Include Cultural Cleansing of Pre-Islamic Iraqi Heritage
March 11, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has charged the Islamic State ("IS") with committing war crimes after IS looted artifacts and destroyed the ancient Mesapotamian of Nimrud, part of the jihadi group's campaign to cleanse the territory within its control of any pre-Islamic cultural patrimony.
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