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Multiple Factors Make IS a Continuing Threat After Caliphate’s Fall
April 23, 2019
Despite the military defeat of the Islamic State (IS) caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the Islamist jihadi group remains a global security threat due to IS’s sophisticated use of cyber radicalization and recruitment methods, extensive cash reserves, and a diffuse international franchising structure with demonstrated capacity for lethal local operations.
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Indonesian Elections Reveal Increasing Role of Hardline Islamism
April 23, 2019
The main candidates and platforms in Indonesia’s upcoming April presidential elections reveal the turn toward hardline Islamism in the political alliances and social mores of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.
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West Africa Emerges as Next Front for Islamist Extremism
April 23, 2019
Empirical evidence points to West Africa and the African Sahel as the emerging front in the globalization of Islamist extremist activities, as al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) franchises are taking advantage of weak and corrupt states, economic underdevelopment, and active criminal networks.
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Brunei Gears up for Harsh Sharia Punishments
April 23, 2019
Impending changes in the Brunei penal code to conform to strict sharia law in the small, oil-rich, Southeast Asian country will mean stoning to death for LGBTQ activity, whipping for adultery and sex outside of marriage, and amputations for theft.
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OIC Denounces US, Israel for Golan Heights Recognition
April 23, 2019
The 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) denounced the US decision to recognize Israel's claims of sovereignty over Syria's Golan Heights, condemning the move as a violation of international law and UN resolutions.
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