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Pakistan's Elections Signal Mainstreaming of Islamist Extremism
November 28, 2018
The outcome of Pakistan's recent national elections marks the political mainstreaming of Islamist extremist parties and groups in the volatile Southwest Asian nuclear state.
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Saudi Arabia Bows to Religious Conservatives on Satire
November 28, 2018
Saudi Arabia's Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution announced a new edict criminalizing online satire deemed detrimental to "public order, religious values, and public morals," a decision underscoring the continuing influence of the country's fundamentalist Wahhabi religious establishment.
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Saudi Cleric Faces High-Profile Trial
November 28, 2018
A Saudi trial is pitting the hyper-conservative Islamist theocratic regime against a high-profile Islamic cleric in a legal drama that underscores unknowns about competing versions of Islamism and the meaning and objectives of reform presented in Islamist discourse.
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Officials Suspect Afghan IS of Attack on Shiite Neighborhood
November 28, 2018
Officials suspect the Islamic State (IS) branch in Afghanistan of perpetrating a recent, high-casualty, twin-bombing suicide attack on a wrestling club in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in Kabul.
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New Mexico Compound Trained Youth in Jihad
November 28, 2018
Testimony from a teen detained by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation last month on a Taos, New Mexico, compound revealed that an adult at the compound was training teens and children in jihadi ideology and military techniques.