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Indonesia's Homegrown Islamist Extremists Show Resilience with Support from External Jihadist Organizations
July 20, 2020
Indonesia's homegrown Islamist extremist group, the Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), is showing notable resilience in the face of state arrests of MIT sympathizers, as the MIT's leader is drawing on foreign Islamist groups for funding of attacks in Southeast Asia's largest country.
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Sudanese Islamists Mobilize Against Liberalization & Demand Sharia
July 20, 2020
Islamist groups in Sudan recently used Friday prayers in mosques to mobilize protests against the liberalizing reforms of the country's new government, with protestors calling for the continued use of death for apostasy, prohibitions against alcohol, and restrictions on female dress in order to avoid "conversion into a Western society."
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Islamists Intimidate Pakistani Government to Backtrack on Hindu Temple Construction in Islamabad
July 11, 2020
Under pressure from the Council of Islamic Ideology, Islamist media outlets, and popular pressure, Pakistan's government has backtracked on continuing the initial construction on a Hindu temple in the country's capital city of Pakistan, rescinding the government's funding commitment to support construction of the temple.
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French Courts Sentence IS Foreign Fighter to 30 Years in Landmark Extradition Case
July 07, 2020
A Paris court sentenced a French national to 30 years in prison on charges associated with his jihadist activities abroad as part of the Islamic State (IS).
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Italian Busts Show COVID-19 Hasn’t Slowed IS Narcotics Production for Terrorist Financing
July 07, 2020
The massive drug busts of IS-trafficked methamphetamines and hashish by Italian police over the past two weeks underscores the Islamist extremist group’s ability to maximize narcotics production and market share, in order to sustain revenues for terrorist financing purposes worldwide.