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Moody's Forecasts Strong Five-Year Growth in Islamic Finance in Eurasia's CIS
August 20, 2019
American financial services giant Moody's Corporation is forecasting strong growth of sharia-compliant/compatible finance and banking in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) comprised of ten former Soviet Republics stretching from Russia and Ukraine to the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Emerging Jihadist Threat Threatens Mozambique’s Global Energy Sector
August 19, 2019
Intensifying jihadist activity in Mozambique’s Muslim-majority northern province, likely associated with the Somali-based Islamist extremist group al-Shabaab, threatens to sabotage the East African country’s rapidly developing multibillion-dollar energy investment sector and to scare off international energy and aid investment.
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Australia Debates Laws to Protect Against Islamist Extremism
August 13, 2019
Australia’s Parliament is considering new laws on prison sentencing and parole, along with the renewal of emergency-intelligence measures, designed to protect the country against the complex and evolving threat of Islamist extremism while respecting civil liberties.
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Anti-Islamist Scholars Are Losing Battle in Afghan Universities
August 13, 2019
Islamist extremist groups such as the Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban are growing their influence inside Afghanistan's universities at the expense of critical thinking skills and liberal ideals that can shape a non-sharia future for the geopolitically volatile Southwest Asian country.
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American Muslim Leader Generates Controversy
August 13, 2019
Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, an American Muslim scholar and religious leader widely viewed by academic and policy experts as the leading voice and catalyst for the rapid growth of Islam in the US public sphere, is attracting intensified scrutiny for his shifting affiliations and mixed record on condemning Islamist violence.
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