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OIC & UN Partner to Promote Sharia Finance for Sustainable Development in Africa
August 02, 2022
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are partnering in a pilot Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) designed to promote Sharia finance as a tool for achieving sustainable development goals in the African Continent.
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Women & Children Potential Nucleus of Jihadists Renewal in Syria
August 02, 2022
International security experts and aid agencies warn that the large Al-Hawl displacement camp in northeastern Syria that holds mainly female fighters and children of IS militants is becoming the nucleus of a renewed jihadist threat.
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Hamas Leadership Calls for Alliances with Rogue States as Path to Palestinian Sovereignty
July 27, 2022
Senior political leadership of the Islamist extremist group Hamas used a recent university conference in Gaza as a platform to call on the world Islamic community (ummah) to form alliances with the rogue states of Russia, China, and Iran, in order to further the cause of Palestinian sovereignty.
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State Governance & Security Failures Enable Spread of Jihadism Across Africa
July 27, 2022
According to Development and Cooperation, the steady spread of violent jihadist operations from the African Sahel region across most of the Continent has been a measurable correlate of corrupt, authoritarian states that fail to provide good governance, a stable security environment, and a predictable economic marketplace for citizens, thereby creating permissive conditions for Islamist extremist groups.
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AQ Extremists Active in East African Attack
July 27, 2022
Extremists from the local Al-Qaeda (AQ) affiliate, Al-Shabaab, staged a recent assault on four towns at the Somalia-Ethiopia border, signaling the ongoing resilience of the Islamist extremist group in the region of East Africa.
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