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Tunisia’s Islamist Extremism Problem
March 02, 2021
The Washington Institute reports that Tunisia is now focusing on counter radicalization programs as Islamist extremism has deep and continuous historical roots in the country, combining features of active financing and participation in global jihadist activities in Europe and Asia with socially embedded welfare services operations.
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Turkey's Islamist Influence Grows in Africa
March 02, 2021
The Africa Report writes that Turkey’s Islamist government has accomplished its strategic goal of becoming a major geopolitical actor in Africa, using a combination of economic hard power incentives and religious-cultural soft power through mosque construction to develop a continent-wide profile that is designed to expand the longterm influence-building goals across Africa.
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Florida Man Arrested for Terrorism
March 02, 2021
A Florida man has been indicted by a US federal grand jury on terrorism charges for providing material support to IS, after the man traveled from America to Turkey as a pathway into Syria to fight with caliphate militants.
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China Provokes Jihadist Reactions
March 02, 2021
According to smallwarsjournal.com, international jihadist actors are beginning to take action against China for its repression of its Uighur Muslim population and for Chinese interventionism by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with Turkic and Pakistani Islamist militant groups, along with al-Qaeda and Islamic State franchise, targeting Chinese targets across the globe.
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Egypt's Textbook Reform Highlights Islamist Radicalization
March 02, 2021
Egypt's Ministry of Education has begun the implementation of textbook reforms in public schools as part of a larger curricular overhaul that lays bare the Islamist radicalization potential in the education system.