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Easter Attacks in Sri Lanka Point to IS Strategy
May 29, 2019
The high-casualty Easter attacks in Sri Lanka perpetrated by local supporters of the Islamic State (IS) are a warning sign for future patterns of violence by the Islamist jihadi group.
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German Government Warns of Rising Islamist Anti-Semitism
May 29, 2019
Germany’s intelligence agency has released a detailed report outlining the evidence of and preventive policy responses across the county to rising anti-Semitism catalyzed by Islamist groups whose ideology advocates attacks on Jews and the destruction of Israel.
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Taliban Attacks USAID-Backed NGO
May 29, 2019
The Taliban perpetrated a high-casualty suicide attack against a local Afghan nongovernmental organization supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), claiming that the NGO “promotes Western culture” and indicating the jihadist group’s counter commitment to making Afghanistan a sharia state.
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Ramadan Bombing in Pakistan Points to Rising Islamist Sectarianism
May 29, 2019
The targeting of a Sufi shrine, the sacred site of a moderate brand of Islam, with a bombing attack at the start of the Ramadan period has raised concerns of renewed sectarian tensions in Pakistan's Islamic Republic.
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IS Shows African Footprint Through Photos from DRC Attack
May 29, 2019
The Islamic State's (IS) main media office released photos of weapons captured after an IS attack on Congolese troops in a recent IS attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), messaging the jihadist group's expanding African footprint.
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