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US Ruling May Result in Reduced Sentence for Islamist Scholar
June 26, 2019
This week’s US Supreme Court decision striking down a “crimes of violence” statute as unconstitutionally vague may lead to a reduction in the sentence of an American-born Islamist scholar convicted of radicalizing and recruiting fighters to join the Taliban in their battle to impose sharia law across Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Islamist Governance Produced Broad Quality Declines in Istanbul
June 26, 2019
Comparative data on global megacities indicate that Islamist governance of Istanbul for the past quarter century has produced a decline in all quality metrics, from quality of life to cost of living to security.
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UN Report Finds Saudi Regime Responsible for Khashoggi Execution
June 26, 2019
The UN investigator of the murder of Saudi-American journalist Jamal Khashoggi has released a report finding Saudi Arabia "legally responsible" for Khashoggi's "premeditated execution” and pointing to the broader deployment of extrajudicial mechanisms to silence domestic opposition to the kingdom's theocratic Islamic regime.
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UN Rights Chief Demands IS Fighter Repatriation
June 25, 2019
France 24 reports that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on countries to repatriate tens of thousands of former fighters for the Islamic State (IS) and their families, urging governments not to impose the “irresponsible cruelty” of statelessness on fighters’ family members.
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Pakistan Pushes for UN Action to Combat Criticism of Islam
June 24, 2019
Pakistan's Islamist theocracy is using the publication of the UN Secretary-General's newly released Strategy Plan of Action for dealing with hate speech to push the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to renew its pressure in UN forums to censure speech deemed "insulting to religion."
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