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Paper Warns of Impacts of Broad UK “Islamophobia” Definition
May 24, 2019
A paper published by British think tank Policy Exchange warns that a broad definition of “Islamophobia” promoted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims threatens UK counterterrorism efforts that have a proven track record of preventing violence by permitting opponents to label these policies racist.
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Islamist Regimes Battle over Future Control of Jerusalem
May 22, 2019
The hardline Islamist regimes of Saudi Arabia and Turkey are pushing to marginalize moderates Jordan and, to a lesser extent, Morocco in representing Muslim interests involving control over the city of Jerusalem in the runup to the US’s anticipated rollout of a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
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Taliban Leader Talks Sharia Goals Against Backdrop of “Peace Talks”
May 15, 2019
The Taliban’s lead negotiator in “peace talks” with the US for an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has gone public with his longterm objectives of establishing a sharia state in the geopolitically critical Southwest Asian nation after the Taliban “defeats the US superpower.”
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IS Leader's Video Shows Caliphate's Staying Power
May 08, 2019
The recent video message of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his long hiatus from public appearance is an important signal of the staying power and vision of IS, which al-Baghdadi made clear is now a global jihadist group committed to local disruptive operations and a long time horizon.
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Sri Lanka Bans Islamic Face Coverings
April 29, 2019
The government of Sri Lanka has banned Islamic face coverings for women in the aftermath of the Easter Day suicide attacks by Islamist militants, citing security concerns that link wearing of the niqab/hijab to the creeping influence of Saudi Arabia on radicalization of Sri Lanka's Muslim population.
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