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Al Qaeda Leadership Focuses on Islamist Doctrinal Unity in Africa
February 14, 2020
The robustness of Al Qaeda’s (AQ) ideology and propaganda strategy was reflected in the recent release of pamphlets from the AQ “Group for Support of Islam and Muslims,” which advises the diverse jihadist groups of the African Continent.
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Pakistani Courts Validate Forced Marriage of Abducted Christian Girl
February 14, 2020
The forced marriage of a 14-year-old Christian girl abducted by a Pakistani adult male was deemed valid by the local judiciary in one of the country’s largest cities, on the basis of conformity with sharia law.
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Turkey’s President Calls Israel a Rogue State & Urges Muslim World to Mobilize Against US Negotiation Plan
February 11, 2020
In a meeting with members of his ruling Islamist party and ambassadors from three Arab states, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan characterized Israel as a rogue state and warned that Muslims worldwide should mobilize against the recently announced US peace plan for Israeli-Palestinian negotiation.
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Lethal Suicide Attack on Afghan Military Academy Bears Hallmarks of Islamist Extremist Groups
February 11, 2020
A suicide bombing attack against one of Afghanistan’s most renowned military academies bears all the hallmarks of multiple past assaults on the same site by al-Qaeda and IS affiliates, with this current blow coming at a time when the Islamist extremist Taliban group holds more Afghan territory than ever before in its war to make sharia the law of the land.
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Coptic Christian Women Use Courts to Fight Gender Discrimination of Islamic Inheritance Laws
February 11, 2020
Coptic Orthodox Christian women are gaining momentum in their sustained fight against Islamic inheritance laws that discriminate against women, with a series of local court victories creating opportunities for passage of a unified family code that would overcome systemic legal discrimination against women based in Islamic jurisprudence.
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