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OIC Summit Agenda Seeks Global Unity of Islamic Interests
May 29, 2019
The upcoming Mecca summit of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will focus on resolving Sunni-Shiite sectarianism in the interests of unity within the global Muslim community (umma), as well as on solidarity among the OIC’s 57 member-states on the ongoing issue of Palestinian interests vis-à-vis Israel.
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OIC Brings Sharia Finance to Southeastern Europe
May 29, 2019
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is bringing Islamic finance to Southeastern Europe via Bosnia-Herzegovina with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Saudi Arabia between the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector and Sarajevo-based Bosna Bank International.
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Militaries in Cameroon, Kenya Explore Development as Counter-terror Tool
May 29, 2019
The engineering corps from the militaries of Cameroon and Kenya are exploring how to use their capacity advantages for development projects as a tool for countering violent Islamist groups like Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab.
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Iran Opposes US Designation of MB as Terrorist
May 29, 2019
The criticism by Iran’s Islamist regime of the US for its consideration of designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a terrorist organization shows that a shared ideological commitment to the global triumph of sharia law outweighs Islamic sectarian differences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni MB.
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Islamist Bus Driver Sparks Debate About Islamism in France
May 29, 2019
A bus driver who refused to pick up two female passengers because of what he considered to be their immodest dress, followed by Facebook’s censuring of criticism about the arbitrary influence of Islamist norms in public life, has sparked a national debate in France about creeping Islamization in society.
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