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Islamist Divisions Aggravate Turkey’s Authoritarianism
June 07, 2019
Turkey’s Islamist authoritarianism deepened with a new round of purges and mass detentions of diplomats, driven by the continuing dispute between the ruling Islamist regime’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the grassroots Islamist movement of Fetullah Gulen.
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Saudi Arabia Prepares to Execute Islamist Clerics
June 07, 2019
The impending execution of three scholars affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia has prompted renewed criticisms by international rights groups of the Islamic kingdom’s free speech violations and use of torture to silence dissenters.
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Iran Ratchets up Islamist Discourse Against US Peace Plan
June 07, 2019
The Supreme Leader of Iran's Islamic theocratic regime has condemned the anticipated US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, using Islamist rhetoric to mobilize the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to act against the as-yet unreleased plan as a "betrayal of the Islamic world."
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Islamists Oppose Kuwait Development Strategy on Sharia Grounds
June 07, 2019
The Arabian Gulf monarchy of Kuwait's Vision 2035 economic development strategy faces growing opposition from Islamist Parliamentarians who oppose Chinese investment because of Beijing's persecution of that country's Uigher Muslim population and who condemn the development project as an initiative that will undermine sharia law.
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Former Al-Qaeda Propagandist Launches Anti-Extremism Initiatives
June 07, 2019
A US convert to Islam who spearheaded the most successful al-Qaeda online radicalization and recruitment publications rejected radical Islamism while incarcerated for terrorism and is now working with US authorities to launch online magazines and counter-jihadi organizations that will help to counter violent Islamist extremism.
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