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IS Resilience Sparks Concerns Regarding US Troop Withdrawal
January 03, 2019
America’s allies in the US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) in its core Syrian and Iraqi territories have expressed serious concerns about the group’s continuing resilience in Syria and global jihadist activities in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s announcement of immediate US troop withdrawal from the region.
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Saudi-Funded Islamist Cleric in Australia Condemns Christmas
January 03, 2019
The Daily Mail Australia reports that a hardline Islamist cleric whose religious association is funded by Saudi Arabia is preaching to his mosque congregations that celebration of Christmas is an act worse more egregious than any sin condemned by Islam.
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UK, Malaysia Lead Efforts Toward Islamic Finance Literacy
January 03, 2019
Thomson Reuters has identified the UK and Malaysia as the leading providers of Islamic finance knowledge, including diverse forms of education aimed at competitive advantage in the rapidly growing sharia-compatible financial services market currently estimated at $1.7 trillion in assets.
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Islamist Terrorism Threatens Burkina Faso
January 03, 2019
Islamist terror groups operating in Africa’s Sahel region are increasing their destabilizing activity in Burkina Faso, creating no-go zones and a deteriorating security environment in parts of the country.
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Coalition of Islamist Extremist Groups Implements Sharia in Syria
January 03, 2019
A coalition of Islamist extremist groups that retains control in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province has imposed extreme sharia punishments, including amputations and decapitations, using the sharia regime as a terror tool to ensure loyalty against local opposition and US-backed efforts to finalize the ouster of the Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates from Syrian territory.
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