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Threat Forecasting Shows Iran Likely to Increase Use of Transnational Shiite Networks to Hit Western Targets
March 05, 2020
US security, intelligence and law enforcement experts forecast an increase in the vulnerability of hard and soft targets of America and its Transatlantic allies in the aftermath of the US drone strike that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps leader Qassem Soleimani.
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Some Financial Industry Experts Suggest a Match Between Islamic Finance & SDGs
March 05, 2020
Some financial industry experts are suggesting that the United Nations (UN) leadership should look to the $2-plus trillion-in-assets Islamic finance sector as an under-utilized source of capital for funding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Jihadism in Africa Points to Broader Islamization of the Continent
March 05, 2020
The spike in jihadist operations and concomitant violent targeting of Christians across Africa is a reminder of broader trends on the Continent, where the correlation of intense demographic growth and rapid Islamization of the population will make Africa the second most populous Muslim concentration by the middle of this century.
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First Glitch in US-Taliban Peace Agreement Comes Over Release of 5K Taliban Prisoners
March 05, 2020
The first glitch in the US-Taliban peace agreement for Afghanistan has emerged only two days after the signing event, with intra-Afghan negotiations between the Taliban Islamists and the Afghan government suspended because of the Taliban leadership's insistence that 5,000 Islamist prisoners be released as a precondition for discussions with the Kabul government.
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Hamas Using "Honey Trap" Spyware to Entrap and Hack IDF Phone Data
March 05, 2020
Hamas is using cyber "honey traps" of dating and associated sites to target Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, in order to deploy spyware into IDF smartphones and capture data that can be utilized by the Palestinian Islamist political-military group in the ongoing conflict between the Gaza-based group and Israel.