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Taliban in Afghanistan Imposing Islamist Limitations on Women's Rights to Work
August 13, 2021
The Taliban’s territorial gains across Afganistan have already had deleterious effects on women's rights to work, as militants have ordered men to permanently replace female bankers in the country's second largest city, justifying that imposing a fundamentalist sharia system means there will be « no problems ».
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Al Qaeda Launches Lethal Terrorist Attack on Syrian State Forces in Damascus
August 12, 2021
Al Qaeda (AQ) carried out a lethal explosives attack against Syrian military forces in the country’s capital of Damascus, with the AQ disseminating images of the attack on social media sites.
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Spreading Jihadism in Africa Provokes US Terrorism Designations
August 11, 2021
Reacting to the steady expansion of jihadism across all regions of Africa, the US State and Treasury Departments continue moves to combat terrorist financing, designating five individuals from IS and Al-Shabaab active in the states of Mozambique, Tanzania, and Mali as Special Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), with the consequent blocking of the property and finances by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
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Islamist Turkey Promotes Anti-Semitism & Terrorism Against Israel
August 11, 2021
Turkey’s Islamist regime continues to expand the mechanisms for promoting both anti-Semitism and terrorism against Israel, recently sponsoring an international conference in Istanbul where speakers reiterated anti-Semitic blood libel discourse used by Turkey's president.
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OIC Calls for Islamic Principles to Meet COVID Challenges
August 11, 2021
Leadership of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on 57 member-states to apply sharia law principles in addressing challenges of COVID-19 worldwide, stating that the universality of Islamic principles of human rights and human dignity are optimal for resolving the diverse problems of humanity security and racism and intolerance exacerbated by the pandemic.
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