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Expanding Jihadism in African Sahel Causes Security Threat
June 15, 2021
The expansion and multiplication across Africa’s five-country Sahel region has proven impervious to the combined counterterrorism efforts of the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSA), the G5 Sahel Force, and the French and EU missions, raising the stakes for a renewed security response to confront Africa-based Islamist extremism, including massive refugee flows into Europe.
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Germany’s Caizcoin Takes Sharia Finance Global
June 15, 2021
According to Yahoo Finance, Caizcoin, a Germany-founded sharia-compliant cryptocurrency, aimed at marketing to both Muslims and non-Muslims, has been approved for listing on the Uniswap platform that is part of the nearly $4 billion blockchain technology market, expanding Islamic finance into the global cryptocurrency marketplace.
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OIC’s Youth Forum Slams Israel in Webinar on Palestine
June 15, 2021
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Youth Forum (ICYF) slammed Israel in a recent webinar on the subject of human rights violations in Palestine, with senior OIC officials speaking to the global youth group from the 57 member-states calling for International Criminal Court action against Israel for its human rights record in Palestine.
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OIC Signals UN Security Council Is Platform for Promoting Islamic Values
June 14, 2021
The Secretary General of the Saudi Arabia-headquartered, 57 member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation, congratulated Albania, Gabon, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for securing one-year seats on the UN Security Council (UNSC), identifying the UNSC as a platform for the three OIC member-states to promote Islamic values and interests.
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad Strategy in Israel
June 14, 2021
Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) signaled its increasing military capabilities by pursing jihad against Israel, taking the lead from Hamas in the recent round of Israel-Gaza violence, using PIJ’s locally produced rockets to barrage Israeli civilian targets.