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Malaysian Receives 10-Year Sentence for “Blasphemy” on Facebook
March 12, 2019
Malaysian authorities have jailed an unidentified citizen for 10 years under the country's blasphemy laws for insulting Islam and its Prophet Muhammed in social-media postings considered a "misuse of communications networks" under the multi-cultural country's expanding laws to limit "anti-religious activity."
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IS Punches Back in Iraq
March 12, 2019
Even as US-backed forces surround Islamic State (IS) fighters in their last stronghold in Syria, IS supporters are mounting a slow comeback in Iraq using the country’s chaotic security environment to develop guerrilla capabilities and excesses of intelligence authorities and the judiciary to draw support from alienated communities.
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Indonesian Provincial Authorities Flog Couples for Sharia Violations
March 12, 2019
Local officials in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, the only province governed by sharia law in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, subjected six young couples to public flogging for engaging in "intimate relations outside of marriage."
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Sharia Finance Expands into New York Housing Market
March 07, 2019
Sharia-compliant lending deals have been slowly expanding in the US housing market, with a recent example in the purchase of student housing complex near the University of Buffalo by a Florida-based firm and an unidentified Middle East investor.
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Taliban Continue Jihad During Negotiations with US
March 07, 2019
The Taliban have staged a lethal attack against an Afghan military base as part of the Islamist group’s jihadi operations to make Afghanistan a sharia state even as the group negotiates with the US for troop withdrawals after almost two decades of war seeking to stabilize the Afghan government and prevent an Islamist takeover.
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