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Saudi Arabia Uses Soft Power of Religious Diplomacy with Albania to Spread Islamist Ties
October 30, 2019
Officials from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia touted the signing of a bilateral memorandum of understanding with Albania for cooperation on joint cultural and scientific projects, calling the cooperation on Islamic works with Muslims in the Balkan state as a means by which the Saudi Wahhabi theocracy uses diplomacy to promote "the true image of Islam as a religion that rejects extremism and terrorism."
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French Police Warn of Retaliatory Attacks by IS in Aftermath of Baghdadi Death
October 30, 2019
Police across France are on high alert for possible retaliatory attacks by Islamic (IS) state actors and homegrown Islamist extremists to avenge the death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, following a warning from France's Interior Minister about revenge attacks targeting the country's civilians and security forces.
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Elimination of IS Leader Does Not Mean End of Caliphate Jihadists
October 30, 2019
The US operation that eliminated the ideological and organizational leader of IS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is a blow to the caliphate's jihadist project accelerating the transformation of the territorial entity into decentralized terrorist network, but the likelihood that the IS will soon designate a successor leader will likely support the resilience and sustained destabilization of the caliphate ideology and operations.
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Coalition for a Post-Theocratic Iran Encourages US Soft Power Policies to Help End Islamist Totalitarian Control
October 30, 2019
The diverse group of human rights and women's rights activists opposed to the Islamic theocratic regime in Iran that has coalesced into the Coalition of Committed for a Secular Democratic Iran is encouraging the Untied States to use its soft power resources to give voice and to develop cultural and social media forms of cooperation with the Coalition's activists working to secure a new constitution and referendum that will end the Islamist totalitarian model that has ruled Iran since 1979.
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UK Citizen Convicted as Terrorist After Fighting with Syrian Kurds Against IS
October 24, 2019
In a legal twist born of geopolitical complexities, a British citizen who fought with US-supported Syrian Kurdish (YPG) forces to defeat IS has been convicted by a United Kingdom (UK) court under terrorism charges.
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