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German Court Begins Trial of IS Militant for Genocide and War Crimes Against Iraq's Endangered Yazidi Minority
April 28, 2020
A German court has begun the trial of an Islamic State (IS) militant accused of participating in the jihadist group's effort to exterminate the small and vulnerable Yazidi religous minority in Iraq.
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Hezbollah Ramps Up Islamist Financial and Procurement Footprint in Europe
April 28, 2020
Disruptions in the international oil market have pushed the Iran-supported, Lebanese Shiite extremist group Hezbollah to rapidly expand its existing financial and procurement operations in Europe.
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UK Counter-Terrorism Officials Warn COVID-19 Pandemic Increases Risks of Islamist Recruitment and Radicalization
April 28, 2020
Experts managing the UK's signature counter-terrorism program, Prevent, are raising concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic is creating hospitable conditions for a rise in recruitment and radicalization to Islamist terror organizations and other extremist groups.
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OIC Convenes to Reconcile Islamic Law with COVID-19 Science
April 22, 2020
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met virtually to provide guidelines for the 57 member-states representing the worlds 1.8 billion Muslims about how to reconcile traditional Islamic sciences with modern science and guidelines in combatting the spread of the coronavirus.
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Saudi Wahhabi Soft Power Is Reshaping Indonesia into a Frontline Islamist State
April 22, 2020
Saudi Arabia's Islamic theocratic regime has systematically deployed the Wahhabi kingdom's soft power resources to reshape Indonesia into a frontline state in the globalization of fundamentalist Islamist ideology and violence.