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Iran Blames US, Israel for Attack on Revolutionary Guard
February 14, 2019
Shiite Iran's President has accused Israel and the US of involvement in a lethal suicide bombing attack against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by a Sunni extremist separatist group and warned of possible retaliatory action, reflecting the destabilizing impacts of Islamist sectarianism.
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US Charges Former Intelligence Officer with Espionage for Iran
February 14, 2019
The US Department of Justice has charged a former US Air Force intelligence officer who converted to Islam and defected to Iran in 2013 with spying for the Islamic theocracy and revealing intelligence as part of a broader cyber operation aiming to penetrate American intelligence and use social media to push malign activities.
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Saudi Women's Driving Activist Goes Missing
February 14, 2019
The disappearance of Saudi women's rights and women's driving activist Louhain Al-Hathloul, who has been detained without charge since last June in Riyadh, raises red flags about continuing violations of civil and political liberties in Saudi Arabia.
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Pakistan Announces Islamic School Reform
February 14, 2019
The Pakistani government's announcement of a plan to integrate public schools and Islamic parochial schools (madrassas) has generated a debate about the significance of external funding aiming to use education as a mechanism for Islamist radicalization and revolution.
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Turkey Targets Police with Another Round of Arrests
February 14, 2019
Turkey's ruling party mainly targeted police officers in a new round of over 1000 arrests allegedly aimed at supporters of the Islamist Gulen group blamed by the party for perpetrating a failed coup attempt in 2016.
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