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Tunisian Islamists Declare Willingness for Coalition Government
October 17, 2014
The leadership of Tunisia's Islamist Party, Ennahda, has declared its willingness to cooperate in a coalition government with non-Islamist parties, as the country's still-fragile democratization process plays out with upcoming legislative elections.
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Jihadi Islamists Increase Attacks in West Africa
October 17, 2014
A jihadi Islamist group known as The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa has been ratcheting up attacks on United Nations Peacekeepers and civilians in Mali and its West African neighboring countries.
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American Jihadist Discusses Support for Radical Islamism
October 17, 2014
A Somali American who joined Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda franchise fighting against the Syria regime of Bashar al Assad, told a CBS news interviewer why he supports militant Islamism in its battle against the United States.
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Turkey's Ultimatum to U.S. and NATO on Syrian Town of Kobani Besieged by Islamic State Fighters
October 17, 2014
The government of Turkey has given the United States and NATO an ultimatum: either declare the ouster of Syrian President Assad as NATO’s main priority or Turkey will continue to refuse to support undermanned Kurdish and Arab forces and civilians battling Islamic State forces in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani.
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OIC Conference Reveals Continuing Saudi-Iran Cleavage on Islam and Mideast Hegemony
October 17, 2014
A strident exchange between senior officials of Saudi Arabia and Iran at the recent meeting on Gaza of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") revealed the continuing Saudi/Sunni versus Iran/Shia struggle for hegemony over Islam and Islamists in the Middle East.
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