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IS Experiments with Cryptocurrency Options to Finance Extremist Operations
July 01, 2020
Blockchain industry experts report that Islamic State (“IS”) websites are encouraging followers to use Monero (XMR) to expand the options for cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, as an option to finance a range of Islamist operations.
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Qatari Regime and Other Islamist Hardliners Attack Muslim Leader for Anti-Semitism Critique
June 26, 2020
After condemning anti-Semitism and calling for expanded Muslim-Jewish dialogue and cooperation, the Saudi Arabian cleric and Secretary General of the Muslim World League is being attacked by Islamist hardliners on Qatar's main media platform, Al Jazeera.
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Indonesia's Slow Tilt Towards Islamism Evident in Domestic & Foreign Policy
June 26, 2020
The past five years have witnessed a decided turn towards Islamism in the domestic and foreign policy positions of the state of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
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Pakistan PM Accuses U.S. of Making Osama bin Laden a Martyr
June 26, 2020
Pakistan’s Prime Minister responded to a recent U.S. State Department report critical of religious freedom conditions in the South Asian country by condemning the United States for its operation against the Pakistani hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, describing the Islamist terrorist’s death as “martyrdom.”
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Anti-Government Protests in Mali Highlight Growing Civil Unrest Related to Spreading Jihadism
June 23, 2020
Although thousands demonstrated in protests in Mali's capital city of Bamako to demand the resignation of the country's president for his failure to stop the spread of jihadist violence in the West African country, the ongoing series of anti-government rallies also has included individuals associated with hardline Islamism.
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