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IS Militants Target Security Checkpoint in Libya
June 14, 2021
Islamic State (IS) militants carried out a lethal suicide attack against a security checkpoint in southwest Libya, indicating the ongoing presence of the Islamist terror group in the North African state fractured by civil war.
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IS Draws from Refugee Camp to Rebuild in Caliphate Territories
June 14, 2021
The large al-Hol refugee camp on the northern border of Syria with Iraq has become a wellspring for the regeneration of IS, including former IS fighters detained in the camp using Islamist terror tactics against the refugees and camp youth smuggled to IS cells regrouping in Iraq and Syria.
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Growth for Islamic Banking in GCC Member Bahrain
June 14, 2021
Big Three credit ratings agency Fitch forecasts robust growth in Islamic banking in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Bahrain, an Islamic monarchy regime that is headquarters for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s accounting and auditing Central Sharia Board to establish the country as a global financial hub.
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Taliban Calls for Afghans Who Worked With NATO to Show Remorse
June 09, 2021
The Taliban is calling on all Afghans who worked in translation and support activities with NATO peacekeepers to “show remorse for their treasonous activities against Islam and the country” in order to live safely.
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Mideast Origins of IS Now Expanded to Nigeria
June 09, 2021
Evidence that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) has gone beyond its Mideast regional origins was confirmed with a recent IS operation to kill the head of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram due to the organization’s willingness to allow Muslims as collateral damage when attacking non-Muslims and Nigerian state targets in Islamist militant activities.
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