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German State Debates Headscarf Ban for Girls
April 17, 2018
A bill in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia proposing a ban on Islamic headscarves by girls younger than 14 has generated intense debate over the religious freedom rights guaranteed by Germany's Constitution and on concerns about the optimal methods for preventing versus unintentionally provoking Islamist radicalization among Germany's sizable Muslim population.
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Press NGO Launches Anti-"Fake News" Initiative
April 16, 2018
The nongovernmental journalist organization Reporters Without Borders and its media partners have launched a Journalism Trust Initiative aimed at restoring trust in journalism through self-regulation based on a jointly agreed set of "trust and transparency standards," paving the way for a certification process designating purveyors of "real" news.
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NGO Warns of Online Censorship in Asia-Pacific
April 16, 2018
Amnesty International has published a report warning of the potential consequences of a proposed law in Singapore that would crack down on the propagation of deliberate "online falsehoods," asserting that the legislation is part of a broader legislative effort in the Asia-Pacific region toward internet censorship.
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ICC Prosecutes Islamist Militant from Mali
April 13, 2018
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague has begun prosecution of an Islamist militant who was a member of the now-defeated jihadist coalition that had imposed strict sharia law in Mali during the early part of this decade, a potentially groundbreaking case that turns on linkages between sharia law and female enslavement.
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Saudi Arabia Continues Support for Global Extremism
April 13, 2018
Human rights groups warn that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's commitment to socioeconomic liberalization in the Islamic theocratic kingdom belies the Saudi regime's unshakable support for fundamentalist Wahhabism at home and financial support for Salafi jihadism abroad.
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