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Critics Accuse Pakistan of Dangerous Power Play
January 03, 2019
Human rights activists and journalists in Pakistan are arguing that the roundup of leadership from the Islamist extremist Tehreek-Labbaik group that demonstrated against the acquittal of Christian woman Asia Bibi on charges of blasphemy against Islam is a cynical power ploy given the Prime Minister’s support for a range of Islamist militant groups.
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Hawaii Judge Sentences US Army Sergeant for IS Plot
January 03, 2019
A judge in Hawaii handed down a 25-year prison sentence to a US army sergeant who pled guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State (IS), including extensive, sensitive US military weapons and flight-tracking information.
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Khashoggi Murder Reveals Competing, Anti-Rule of Law Islamisms
January 03, 2019
The murder of Saudi journalist and US permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi reveals multiple, competing forms of Islamism in the Mideast, including Saudi Arabia’s fundamentalist Wahhabism, Iran’s theocratic Shiism, and the revolutionary agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood of Turkey and Qatar, and their incompatibility with the rule of law.
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Rally Shows Growing Strength of Hardline Islamists in Indonesia
January 03, 2019
A march of over 100,000 people in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, on the second anniversary of the ouster of the city’s Christian mayor on charges of blasphemy against Islam and as a show of support for the pro-Islamist candidate in next year’s presidential elections signals the growing influence of militant Islamist groups in the country.
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Gulf States See FinTech as Next Step in Expansion of Sharia Finance
January 03, 2019
Arab Gulf Islamic regimes see FinTech - blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and other digitized technologies for financial services - as the new frontier in the regional and global expansion of the sharia-compliant/compatible financial industry.
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