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IS Attacks Military Base in Niger
July 10, 2019
Islamic State (IS) operatives carried out a lethal attack on a military base in Niger on the country’s border with Mali in a show of force that reflects the expanding scope and capacity of jihadism across West Africa and the Sahel region of the IS umbrella group known as Islamic State West Africa Province.
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Sri Lanka Takes Action to Curb Saudi Wahhabism Influence
July 10, 2019
In the wake of the high-casualty Easter 2019 bombings perpetrated by Islamist militants in Sri Lanka, government officials are taking steps to crack down on the influx of funding by Saudi Arabia to schools and activities that disseminate the Wahhabist Kingdom’s extremist Islamic ideology.
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Islamist Extremism Spreads to South Africa
July 03, 2019
South Africa’s government is grappling with preventive action to halt the contagion of Islamist extremism from the African Continent’s southeastern corridor.
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OIC Encyclopedia Promotes Islam as Religion of Peace, Tolerance
July 03, 2019
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) forthcoming International Islamic Encyclopedia of Tolerance aims to promote Islam as a religion whose “universal message of peace, moderation, and tolerance” and, according to the leadership of the global Islamic organization, will help to “counter Islamophobia.”
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Al-Qaeda Leverages War on Terror for Jihadi Mission
July 02, 2019
Al-Qaeda leadership has used the US War on Terror as an ideological tool to create a unified global jihadi mission that gains recruits and operational traction by customizing to local and regional environments across Eurasia, Africa, and Europe.
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