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Critics: Egypt Is Limited to Symbolic Gestures on Religious Pluralism
January 30, 2019
Critics charge that the formation by Egypt's military government of a state-run committee to ameliorate Islamist sectarianism is an empty gesture, given that the committee's composition excludes religious minorities and human rights groups in favor of intelligence and security officials favorable to Islamist majoritarianism.
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Islamist Factionalism in Turkey Extends to Pressure on NBA Player
January 30, 2019
A Turkish player on the New York Knicks basketball team has declined to accompany his team to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game in London for fear that Turkish government agents might arrest or assassinate him because of his public support for Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen and his self-styled liberal Islamist movement.
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Experts Warn US-Taliban Peace Deal Could Enable Islamist Consolidation
January 30, 2019
Following the announcement of a tentative agreement reached between US negotiators and the Taliban for a peace settlement between the Islamist radical group and the Afghan government, security experts caution the unintended outcome of the negotiations could become the consolidation of a radical Islamist government in Kabul.
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IS Carries Out Lethal Twin Bombings in Philippines Cathedral
January 30, 2019
The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for perpetrating twin explosions that killed and wounded many civilians and government soldiers at a Roman Catholic Cathedral in the southern Philippines town of Jolo, in what was likely retribution over a vote against establishing a Muslim autonomous region in that part of the island nation.
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US Indicts Texas Teacher for Supporting IS
January 30, 2019
The US Department of Justice has confirmed that it has indicted a former substitute teacher from Texas captured recently in Syria for “providing himself” as material support to the Islamic State (IS).
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