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OIC Celebrates 50 Years with Jubilee Event at UN
January 31, 2020
The Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Nations (UN) held a celebratory reception in New York on the 50th anniversary of the 57-member-state, Saudi Arabia-based multilateral entity whose charter is to defend Muslims worldwide.
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Management of Swiss Mosque Shifts from Saudi Reps to Local Muslims
January 29, 2020
Management of Switzerland's largest mosque is being shifted from longstanding control and funding by Saudi Arabia to an executive board comprised of Swiss Muslims, in the aftermath of longstanding controversy about the mosque's links to Islamist extremist imams and worshippers.
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German Courts Sentence Dagestani Asylum Seeker for Collaborating in Islamist Terror Attack
January 29, 2020
German courts handed down a five-year prison sentence for plotting a terrorist attack to an Islamist from Dagestan in the north Caucasus, based on evidence of his cooperation with the pro-IS group that perpetrated the lethal Christmas market attack in Germany in 2016.
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Al-Qaeda Members with Colombian Passports Apprehended by Texas Authorities
January 29, 2020
Evidencing the movement of Islamist terrorist networks into the Americas, U.S. security officials apprehended three al-Qaeda operatives from Syria who were attempting entry into the United States on Columbian passports via Venezuela, then Columbia, then Texas.
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Yemen Remains a Disruptor in Iranian Shiite Arc of Aggression After Soleimani's Death
January 29, 2020
Yemen remains an important point of the spear in Iran's asymmetric warfare and disruptive strategy of expanding the Shiite Islamist footprint across the Middle East.