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Review of Iran Reveals Gaps Between Islamist Politics and Society
February 11, 2019
The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, which ousted the country’s secular ruler and ushered in the theocracy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, shows a political regime still defined by strict Islamist ideology but a society increasingly flexible about the impacts of religion on daily life.
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OIC Conference Cites Islamic Values as Antidote to Terrorism
February 11, 2019
Presenters at a forum affiliated with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Turkey urged the promotion of “traditional Islamic values of peace and solidarity” as the antidote to interstate divisions and suggested the Islamic theocratic model of the Ottoman Empire as a model for trust-building mechanisms between Muslims and non-Muslims.
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Durable Victory over IS Requires Non-Military Measures
February 11, 2019
Comparative analyses of international terrorism data suggest a durable peace in Syria is contingent upon successful redress of the foundational socio-economic and political conditions, as well as a competition for the theological ideas, that provided a hospitable environment for the Islamic State’s (IS) emergence.
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Islamists Use Sahel Region as Expanding Operational Space
February 11, 2019
According to a report by the African Centre for Strategic Studies, a diverse constellation of violent, radical Islamist groups is expanding its operational scope in the Sahel region of Africa, complicating the climate and human security threats in the region with terrorist and religious extremist threats.
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ISIS 2.0 Poses New Threat to Europe
February 06, 2019
European states are facing a second wave of threats from what a new report from Interpol calls “ISIS 2.0,” a new avatar of the original Islamic State that depends on extensive Islamist intelligence networks, a funding stream generated by human smuggling, and implantation of ISIS sleeper operatives into Europe.