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Pakistan's Blasphemy Law Provokes Murder of Human Rights Lawyer
July 14, 2014
A prominent human rights attorney on the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan ("HRCP") was shot dead by a gunman who claimed that he was being punished for defending an individual charged with blasphemy.
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German Education Report Warns of Rising Influence of Radical Islamism in Schools
July 14, 2014
A controversial new report by an official training institute for Germany's public school teachers finds schools in the city of Hamburg are being subjected to pressures by growing numbers of parents to impose curricular, dress and gender restrictions according to hardline Islamist interpretations.
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Boko Haram Kidnapping Reveals War on Education as Key to Sharia State
July 14, 2014
The abduction of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Islamist extremist group is an important case that shows how militant Islamist groups are using a strategy of targeted violence against education toward the goal of building sharia states.
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Moderate Islamic Parties Key Players in Indonesia Elections
July 14, 2014
Moderate Islamist parties declaring their commitment to religious freedom and non-sectarian politics are emerging as a key player in Indonesia's presidential election race, declaring their support for the candidate of the front-running opposition party to the presidential incumbent.
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Nigeria's Islamist Extremism Threatens Human Rights and Economic Development
July 14, 2014
The abduction and sale of Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamist militant group Boko Haram is both a human rights calamity and, according to global finance experts, a "catastrophe" for the Nigeria's economic development.
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