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The National Review: Vitality of Global Islamism Relies on Infrastructure in the West
April 14, 2021
The globalized network of radical Islamist groups depends and thrives on a complex support infrastructure based in Western countries and often operating in plain sight, including accounting and banking entities, law firms and lobbying groups, as well as youth movements and voluntary associations.
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Al-Shabaab Calls for Attacks on US & French Targets
April 12, 2021
The leader of Somalia’s homegrown al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab issued a video message calling on the Islamist group to prioritize attacks in US and French targets in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa country whose geostrategic location affects the Red Sea choke point for global commercials.
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Islamist Extremists Threaten Pakistan Women's Rights Activists
April 09, 2021
Prominent Islamist conservative clerics and the local Taliban in Pakistan are creating a climate of hate and pressure to silence the women's rights group, Pakistan Women's March, using the country's media and courts to smear the activist group as foreign intelligence agents and "blasphemers" against Islam.
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Terrorists Arrested in U.S. Mark Continued Islamist Extremist Threat
April 09, 2021
The US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Counterterrorism Division arrested two U.S. citizens on charges of providing material support to IS, based on evidence that indicated that the New York and Alabama residents had planned to travel to the Middle East to fight with the Islamist terror group and explored options for committing a terrorist attack against the US Military Academy at West Point.
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Turkey Combines Economic Investment with Islamism in Sub-Saharan Strategy
April 07, 2021
Turkey’s Islamist regime is combining foreign direct investment, economic development, Islamist education and charitable organizations, including training centers for imams and curriculum support, to advance the country’s soft power penetration into sub-Saharan Africa.