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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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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Jihadi Groups Backed by Turkey’s Islamist Regime
August 11, 2021
According to The Foundation For Defense of Democracies, the U.S.Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions against a Syrian jihadist group linked to Turkey’s Islamist regime, taking action against both the Islamist extremist groups and the NATO member-state’s islamist regime that has created a permissive environment for militant operations that perpetrate human rights violations and war crimes.
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Violence in Chad Highlights Africa's Vulnerability to Expanding Jihadism
August 11, 2021
A lethal ambush that killed 26 soldiers from Chad's military was attributed as the work of Nigeria-based Islamist extremist group Boko Haram which, along with the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), which belongs to an expanding ecosystem of jihadist groups with destabilizing influence across the African Continent.
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Growing Influence of Islamist Extremists in Pakistan Drive Assaults Against Women
August 10, 2021
The growing influence of Islamist extremist civil society groups and political parties in Pakistan is fueling a sharp increase in incidences of femicide, domestic violence, and sexual assaults against women, with Islamist fundamentalist actors and institutions condoning what international organizations and domestic human rights groups characterize as an epidemic of gender-based violence.
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Taliban Blitzkrieg Continues Toward Full Control of Afghanistan
August 10, 2021
Forces of the Islamist militant Taliban continued their weekend blitzkrieg across Afghanistan, capturing provincial capitals and terrorizing local populations as the group moves systematically to gain full control over the entire country.
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