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Jihadism Remains Global Threat with Local Variation in 2019
January 30, 2019
According to the annual forecast by geopolitical intelligence group Stratfor, violent Islamism remains global, transcontinental threat in 2019, with the specifics of particular jihadist movements informed by local, grassroots circumstances.
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Saudi Government Clamps down on Asylum Seekers
January 23, 2019
According to an article in The New Yorker, the Saudi government has implemented a systematic strategy of intimidation in reaction to the past several years’ sharp uptick in applications for human rights asylum by Saudi Arabia’s citizens, especially women suffering under the Islamist theocratic kingdom’s repressive Islamist social and family law.
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International Conference Showcases Saudi-Egyptian Ties
January 23, 2019
Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments, which regulates the economic affairs of the country’s mosques, lauded “Saudi Arabia’s leadership of Muslims worldwide” at the recent International Conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, indicating the growing influence of the Saudis’ Wahhabi Islamist regime in geopolitically important Egypt.
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Resilient IS Targets US Troops for Second Time in Northeast Syria
January 21, 2019
Less than a week after an Islamic State (IS) terror attack caused US casualties in Syria’s northeastern city of Manbij, IS guerrillas launched a suicide vehicle attack in the same area against a combined American and Kurdish coalition convoy.
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UK Investigates Scouts Group with Ties to Islamist Extremist Leader
January 21, 2019
British police are investigating a Scouts group run from a South London mosque after media reported that the Imam at the mosque, who reportedly has links to the 1993 US World Trade Center bombing, was preaching gender segregation and female genital mutilation to the Scouts.
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