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US-Taliban Negotiations Highlight Lesser-of-Two-Evils Strategy
February 04, 2019
The advancing US-Taliban negotiations in Afghanistan for a US withdrawal in exchange for the Taliban commitment to keep out jihadist groups like the Islamic State implies a lesser-of-two-evils measure of Islamist extremist groups and will consolidate Islamist regimes in the critical region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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IS Plays Long Game in Syrian Ethno-sectarian Strife
February 04, 2019
UN experts estimate that approximately 30,000 Islamic State (IS) fighters have gone underground in Syria and Iraq, launching guerrilla terrorist attacks against US-supported coalition forces, in an effort to aggravate Kuridish-Arab-Turkish ethno-sectarian strife and chaos that will enable an IS resurgence.
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Church Bombings Highlight Philippines’ Long-term Jihadist Challenge
February 04, 2019
The recent high-casualty Catholic Church bombings perpetrated by Islamic State-affiliated Abu Sayyaf Group in Mindanao reveal the Philippines state’s long-term challenges in facing a grassroots-supported movement using jihad to express political-economic grievances.
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Footwear Becomes Latest Battleground in Blasphemy Disputes
January 30, 2019
Global sports apparel and footwear colossus Nike is under fire for "insulting Islam" because of the Nike sneaker Air Max logo that, according to an online Change.org petition started by a UK technology consultant, resembles the word for God in Arabic and, therefore, must be pulled by Nike from its global product line.
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Indonesia Case Shows Ongoing Problems with Blasphemy Laws
January 30, 2019
The release of the former governor of Indonesia's capital of Jakarta after serving most of a two-year prison sentence for blasphemy against Islam highlights ongoing problems with the use of blasphemy legislation to embolden hardline Islamist groups opposed to democratic civil and political liberties for non-conforming Muslim groups and non-Muslim communities.
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