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OIC Expands Sharia Finance and Banking Presence in Central Asia
January 06, 2020
A new initiative of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will provide sharia-compliant financing and capacity-building to small- and medium-sized enterprises in Uzbekistan, thereby expanding Islamic finance and banking networks in Central Asia.
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Nader: Islamic Theocracy of Iran Remains Strategic Issue
January 06, 2020
Writing in The HIll, Alireza Nader opines that, despite the US drone strike that killed Iranian General Soleimani, the Iranian theocratic regime is larger than a single individual and the core strategic question of the regime's durability and direction remains unresolved.
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Polling Shows Weak Support Among Saudi Populace for Religious Tolerance
January 06, 2020
According to a survey in Saudi Arabia conducted by the Institute for Near East Policy, only 20% of those surveyed favored "interpreting Islam in a more moderate, tolerant direction."
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Consolidation of Islamist Groups in West Africa Poses Threats of International Terrorism and Population Displacement
January 06, 2020
The possibility that the US and its European allies may draw down their military presence in West Africa raises the likelihood that the range of Islamist extremist groups already active in the region will consolidate their presence.
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Rights Groups Charge Iran with Killing Hundreds in November Protests Against Islamist Regime
January 03, 2020
A group of well-respected human rights groups concur that Iran's Islamist regime killed between 300 to 1500 civilians during a two-week period in November 2019 when the country was rocked by popular protests against the economic failures and cultural repression imposed by the country's Islamic theocratic government.