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“Father of Taliban” Murdered Amid Escalating Religious Tensions in Pakistan
December 13, 2018
Unknown assailants have murdered the Islamic cleric known as “the Father of the Taliban” for his role in founding the Afghani-Pakistani Islamist extremist group who had moved progressively to support religious reform and politics over violence in Pakistan.
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Hardline Islamists Disrupt Pakistan in Blasphemy Protests
December 13, 2018
Hardline Islamist groups have disrupted Pakistan in three days of protest over the acquittal of a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy against Islam’s prophet Mohammed, demanding that the government prevent her from traveling outside Pakistan.
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IS-Egypt Attacks Christian Pilgrims in Egyptian Sinai
December 13, 2018
Militants loyal to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Islamic State (IS) branch staged a lethal attack on Coptic Orthodox Christians on a pilgrimage to a monastery south of Cairo, continuing their targeting of Christians in Egypt with impunity.
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OIC Finances Trade Initiative Between African, Arab Worlds
December 13, 2018
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) main funding arm, the International Development Bank, is underwriting a transregional trade and cooperation initiative aiming to integrate trade and infrastructure between the Arab Middle East and the African Continent, with Morocco as the linchpin for coordination.
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Australian Lawmaker Seeks Terrorist Designation for Hizb ut-Tahrih
December 13, 2018
A leading lawmaker from Australia’s Liberal Party is calling on the country’s federal government to designate Hizb ut-Tahrih as a terrorist group under the Australian National Security List, based on the global Islamist group’s support for imposition of sharia law, anti-Semitism, and execution of Muslims who change their religion.
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