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Terrorism Report Indicates Global Islamist Threats Continue
January 03, 2019
The annual Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report of Australia’s Institute for Economics and Peace indicates a decline in terrorism-related deaths for the fourth consecutive year but projects an increase in violent jihad and other forms of Islamist terrorism due to activities of Islamic State global franchises and a range of other global Islamist extremist operations.
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NGO Partners on Launching Sharia Microfinance in Ethiopia
January 03, 2019
The US-based nongovernmental organization Meecy Corps is partnering with a UK-based Islamic finance consultancy to augment delivery of emergency and humanitarian aid in Ethiopia by launching sharia-compliant/compatible finance targeted at encouraging banking and microfinance for the African country’s Muslim communities.
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Saudi Arabia Leads OIC Condemnation of Israeli Law as Racist
January 03, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-member-state multilateral entity that claims to represent all the world’s Muslims, led the OIC’s official condemnation of Israel’s new law identifying Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people as racism.
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Islamist Players Will Be Decisive Factor in Bangladesh Elections
January 03, 2019
Islamist parties and umbrella coalitions are emerging as the political swing factor in Bangladesh’s upcoming national elections slated for the end of this month.
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US Court Convicts Permanent Resident Planning to Join IS
January 03, 2019
A US court has convicted a Jordanian citizen who was a US permanent resident of conspiring to join the Islamic State (IS), following his arrest at an Ohio airport where he was planning to fly to the Mideast to join IS as a suicide bomber.
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