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Germany Signals Growing Alarm about Turkey's Islamo-Nationalist Reach
May 29, 2020
The decision by the German state of Hessen to stop partnering with the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) on educational programs signals broader concerns among Western European governments about the use of religion as a nationalist platform for advancing the foreign-policy interests of Turkey's Islamist regime and the Muslim Brotherhood
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Parchizadeh: Liberal Critics of Iran's Theocratic Regime Do Not Constitute "Islamophobia"
May 29, 2020
According to analyst Reza Parchizadeh, historical evidence from Iran's Islamist theocratic regime has laid bare the need of Western intellectuals to engage in liberal critiques of Islamism's totalizing ideology without facing baseless charges of Islamophobia.
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Islamists Wage War Against Education in Burkina Faso
May 27, 2020
According to a detailed new report by Human Rights Watch, diverse Islamist extremist groups affiliated with both Al Qaeda and Islamic State are expanding their campaign to control West Africa, by waging a war of violence, intimidation, and torture against teachers, administrators, students, and school sites across Burkina Faso.
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Rewriting History Is Priority of Turkey's Islamists
May 27, 2020
Turkey's Islamist regime is using national holidays as a mode for rewriting the country's history, elevating Ottoman caliphate figures to prominence with the country's secular founder, Mustafa Kemal, in commemorative celebrations.
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Muslim World League Blames Muslim Brotherhood for Radicalization of Muslims in West
May 20, 2020
The Secretary General of the Muslim World League, a pan-Islamic non-governmental organization (NGO), has criticized the Muslim Brotherhood as the main source of radicalizing Muslims in the West.
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Jihadists Expand Online English-Language Magazines for Radicalization & Recruitment
May 13, 2020
Both Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have expanded their online propaganda presence with the launch of three new, English-language magazines aimed at radicalization and recruitment with both local and global jihadist aims.
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Rights Group Measures Turkey’s Islamist Regime as Leading Violator of Press Freedoms
May 06, 2020
According to the 2020 World Press Index issued by global rights group Reporters Without Borders, Turkey's Islamist regime ranks as one the worst violators of media freedoms by measures of censorship and purges of reporters.
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Islamist Extremists Controlling NW Syria Target Christian Properties
May 06, 2020
Northwestern Syria’s Idlib province is dominated by the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist extremist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is targeting Christians with the imposition of a head tax and a tax on private properties and businesses.
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Turkey’s Intra-Islamist Battles Continue with Purges & Disappearances
May 04, 2020
The multi-year conflict continues to rage between Turkey’s Islamist government and its main Islamist opposition movement led by US-based Islamic cleric Fetullah Gulen, with Human Rights Watch reporting that NATO-member Turkey’s national security state perpetrating mass arrests, indefinite detentions, professional purges, and disappearances.
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Germany Bans Hezbollah, Raids Mosques
May 01, 2020
Germany has completely banned Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement from carrying out activities on its soil, resulting in recent police raids on mosques and venues linked to the group.