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Turkey Makes Common Cause with Mafia & Nationalists
June 09, 2021
Turkey's Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making common cause with the country's most infamous mafia leader associated with human trafficking, money laundering, and assassinations, creating a deep state alliance of Islamists, nationalists, and organized crime to target the country's religious and ethnic minorities and to suppress all dissent in the NATO member-state.
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Jihadists in NW Syria Target Assad Supporters & Competing Islamists
June 08, 2021
Syrian jihadist organization Hayat Tahirir al-Sham announced on social media that it has launched a campaign to consolidate full control over Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, arresting suspected supporters of the al-Assad regime, as well as members of competing Islamist extremist groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and IS.
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Indonesian Police Arrest Islamists Planning Attacks on Churches & Police Stations
June 07, 2021
Counter-terrorism police in Indonesia arrested 12 suspects in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua associated with an IS-affiliated extremist group, based on information and weapons discoveries pointing to plans to attack Roman Catholic churches and a prominent archbishop, as well as at to target police stations.
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Hamas Gains Against Israel with Transnational Support
June 07, 2021
Transnational Islamist militant networks were evident in Hamas' recent military and public opinion successes in the most recent round of Hamas-Israel violence, as Iran, Turkey, and Qatar have augmented their supply of Islamist mercenaries and materiel in Libya aimed at eroding Israel's security environment.
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Pakistan's Islamist Regime Focuses on Education System to Intensify Islamization
June 04, 2021
The government of Pakistan's Islamic Republic is planning to implement widespread changes to the national education system, based on curricular, textbook, and teacher changes that expand compulsory Quranic instruction, intensifying the Islamization of society.