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OIC Leaders to Confer on Israeli-Palestinian Violence
July 11, 2014
The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), which includes the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Senegal, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Guinea, and Kuwait, will meet tomorrow in emergency session to discuss an OIC response to the current escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Declaration of Islamic Caliphate Raises Stakes in Global Jihadi Terror Competition
July 11, 2014
The recent declaration of an Islamic Caliphate, a transnational model of governance according to sharia law, by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”) is likely to provoke an escalation in global terrorism amongst competing jihadi groups, according to experts on religion and security.
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Al-Shabaab Ratchets up Terror Attacks During Ramadan
July 11, 2014
The radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab dedicated to imposing sharia law throughout Africa has staged a string of terror attacks in Somalia since the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, including assaults over the last few days against the presidential palace and parliamentary buildings.
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Bahrain-U.S. Diplomatic Dustup over Sunni-Shia Human Rights Tensions
July 11, 2014
The government of Bahrain has expelled a senior U.S. diplomat, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, accusing him of interfering in the country's domestic affairs, after he met with Shia opposition groups that charge the country's Sunni government with violations of human rights and religious freedom.
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Islamists and Secularists Implicated in Violence Against Women in Egypt
July 11, 2014
Studies of patterns of sexual violence, harassment, and associated human rights violations against women in Egypt indicate reveal systemic patterns implicating state institutions under both Islamist and secularist governments in the Middle East's most populous country.
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