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Czech Court Upholds Former Prague Muslim Leader's Conviction
May 27, 2020
A Czech Republic appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to ten years in prison.
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FBI Breakthrough in Pensacola Shooting Attack Discovers Saudi Military Trainee Connected to Al-Qaeda
May 20, 2020
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a major breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into the 2019 lethal shooting attack by a Saudi military trainee at the US Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL, revealing that the Saudi perpetrator had systematically planned the attack in collaboration with a contact in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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Anti-Regime Jihadist Groups in Syria Use Extortion to Generate Profits
May 20, 2020
The two main anti-Syrian regime jihadist groups now competing in northern Syria are using extortion and criminality, including “taxes” on local shopkeepers’ trade, “customs fees” on highway transport, and kidnapping ransoms, to generate multi-million dollar profits to “liberate” Syria.
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ADL Report Points to 2019 Jump in Arrests for Domestic Islamist Extremist Activity in US
May 20, 2020
A newly released report by international non-governmental organization Anti-Defamation League details a 50 percent increase in 2019 arrests for Islamist extremist activity inside the US.
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Perpetrators of Attack on Afghan Maternity Hospital Underscore Lethality of Islamist Extremist Ecosystem
May 20, 2020
The Taliban have denied responsibility and the local Islamic State branch has remained silent regarding this week's slaughterhouse attack on a maternity hospital in Afghanistan's capital city, but experts on Afghanistan's Islamist ecosystem concur that the attacks bore the hallmarks of both extremist groups.
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Afghan Civilians Die as Warring Islamist Factions Cause Carnage in Attacks on Maternity Hospital, Funeral Cortège
May 13, 2020
Civilian casualties continue to mount in a series of attacks by warring Islamist extremist groups in Afghanistan, as IS militants launched suicide bomber assaults on a funeral procession and a public market on the same days as a lethal attack targeted a maternity hospital in an area the capital city where the Shiite Hazara minority is concentrated.
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Jihadist Asylum Seeker in Europe Underscores Importance of Border Infiltration as Security Concern
May 13, 2020
The recent apprehension of a European IS fighter crossing into the European Union under disguise as an asylum seeker has renewed attention by the EU's Border and Coast Guard Agency, with important lessons for US officials, of the need to prevent border infiltration by jihadists and Islamist extremists.
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IS Remains Resilient With Another Lethal Attack in Egypt’s Sinai
May 06, 2020
IS branches conducted a recent lethal attack on Egyptian military targets in the Sinai Peninsula, part of continuing violence directed at the Egyptian government and targeting the country’s vulnerable minority populations such as Coptic Christians.
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Taliban Carries Out Suicide Attack After US Forces Commander Visits Special Ops Base
May 04, 2020
The Taliban have been identified by the government of Afghanistan as perpetrators of a civilian-casualty suicide bombing attack on one of the country's special operations bases immediately following a visit by the commander of US military forces in the South Asian country.
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Interviews with Former IS Fighters Detail Recruiters' Idealized Portrayals of Caliphate versus Brutal Realities on the Ground
May 04, 2020
Extensive interviews conducted by the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism with former IS fighters detail a recruitment process using propaganda recordings and human recruiters to misleadingly portray jihad as a religious brotherhood committed to an idealized Islamic caliphate.
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