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Saudi-Turkey Thaw Driven by US Elections & Economic Interests, Won't Affect Islamist Rivalry
December 01, 2020
Signs of a diplomatic thaw between Islamist regimes Saudi Arabia and Turkey are tied to economic interests and concerns about a possible prioritization of human rights by the incoming US administration.
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Islamic Police in Nigeria Announce Prohibition on the term "Black Friday"
December 01, 2020
Nigeria's hizbah police, mandated to enforce sharia law, announced a prohibition on the shopping term "Black Friday" in the country's Muslim-majority northern state of Kano, arguing that the clearance shopping day produces immoral activities
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NATO-Member Turkey Collaborates with Sunni Salafist
November 30, 2020
NATO-member Turkey's Islamist regime has developed extensive cooperative ties across economic and security sectors with a Sunni Salafist group that supports sharia law in Turkey and that has been responsible for multiple domestic terror attacks that include joint operations with al-Qaeda cells.
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Iran Takes Long View in Using Soft Power to Expand Islamist Revolutionary Commitments Across Asia
November 30, 2020
Iran's Islamist regime is using soft power tools and a longterm strategy to promote Islamism across south, central, and east Asia, combinging pragmatic economic relations to build influence within states to deveop expansive ideological networks in mosques, seminaries, and other institutions that can mobilize social change.
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Al-Qaeda in North Africa Double Down With New Leaders who are Wanted by U.S.
November 25, 2020
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has doubled down on its commitment to jihad on the African Continent by naming a US-wanted international terrorist as the new AQIM leader to replace their head who was killed by France's anti-jihadist military forces in Africa.