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OIC Applauds France for Equating Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
February 16, 2015
The Saudi-headquartered, global Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") applauded France's equation of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism as forms of hatred, while condemning American media for "facilitating the campaigns of Islam haters" and accusing U.S. law enforcement of targeting Muslim communities for surveillance.
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Saudi Arabia's Battle with IS at Odds with Wahabbist Extremist Ideology
February 16, 2015
The formal commitment of Saudi Arabia to the international coalition committed to combatting the violent jihadist Islamic State ("IS") stands sharply at odds with the Saudi regime's claims of legitimacy based on the extremist Islamist ideology of Wahhabism and the Kingdom's longstanding support for the globalization of Wahhabism through terror groups such as al Qaeda.
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Niger Responds to Threat of Spreading Militant Islamism in West Africa
February 16, 2015
In the aftermath of last week's attack in Niger by the Nigeria-based extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, Niger's government is ramping up arrests of suspected Boko Haram sympathizers and increasing troop deployments under the joint West African force fighting against the Islamist militants.
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Islamic State Conducts Mass Execution of Kidnapped Coptic Christians
February 16, 2015
The publishing organ of the violent jihadi group known as the Islamic State ("IS") released a high-quality video and still photos of the mass execution in Libya of 21 Coptic Christians who were kidnapped from Egypt, warning that the beheadings targeted Copts in "a message signed with blood to the nation of the cross."
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Islamic State Makes Headway in Egyptian Sinai
February 11, 2015
In addition to its main focus on territories in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State ("IS") has made significant headway in establishing an Egyptian operations beachhead, with the declaration of a Sinai Province as part of the IS Caliphate.
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