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African Jihadist Footprint Prompts US Sanctions
July 18, 2019
The expanding footprint of jihadist activities in Africa has provoked the US government to designate individuals from Mali and Morocco as terrorists in an effort to staunch the steady growth of Islamist extremist operations in the African Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa.
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France Sees Mixed Results in Islamist Deradicalization Programs
July 17, 2019
Measurable outcomes indicating the mixed results of French government programs designed to combat Islamist deradicalization by ideological training in strict secularism are pushing policy experts to reconsider the optimal approaches to avoiding Islamist extremism in Europe.
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Al-Shabaab Extremists Wreak Havoc in Lethal Attack in Somalia
July 17, 2019
Islamist extremist group al-Shabaab continued its jihadist campaign in Somalia with a suicide-bombing attack that left Somali political leaders, journalists, and foreign tourists dead in one of the county’s main commercial centers.
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Morocco Enacts Legislation for Sharia-Compliant Insurance
July 17, 2019
Morocco’s Parliament is moving forward on legislation to approve sharia-compliant insurance (Takaful) as part of the North African country’s expansion of its Islamic banking and finance industry.
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Tunisia Bans Islamic Face Coverings in Aftermath of Lethal Violence
July 17, 2019
Tunisia’s Prime Minister has issued an executive order banning the full Islamic face veil (niqab) in public institutions, following a niqab-disguised suicide bomber perpetrating the third in a sequence of lethal Islamic State attacks in the North African country.
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