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Returning Jihadis from Syria a Concern for U.S. Homeland Security
July 10, 2014
Senior U.S. and Western intelligence and counter-terrorism officials are voicing growing concerns over potential high-level security threats from radicalized individuals returning home after fighting with extremist Islamist groups in Syria.
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Libya on Brink of Civil War as Islamists and Renegades Battle
July 10, 2014
Libya is teetering on the brink of civil war, as the government and the Islamist-dominated Parliament are facing armed attacks from opposing paramilitary groups led by renegade general Khalifa Haftar, a lone wolf whose claims of U.S. support have been officially disavowed by Washington.
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Egypt Turning to Islamic Finance
June 23, 2014
Global finance experts have noted that Egypt is moving decisively to develop its sharia-compliant finance regime.
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Global Islamic Banking Conference to Convene in Singapore
June 23, 2014
Singapore will host the 5th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference ("WIBC"), a global conclave aimed at internationalizing platforms for sharia-compliant and sharia-compatible markets and products by building out the Islamic banking and finance industry beyond its current regional foci in Asia and the Middle East.
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Prodromou: ISIS Endgame Is Islamic Caliphate
June 23, 2014
Elizabeth Prodromou writes that the long-term goal of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ("ISIL" or "ISIS") to establish an Islamic caliphate in Baghdad should encourage "prudent policy planning" in Washington.
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