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IS Shows Resilience in Iraq and Beyond
April 03, 2018
Security officials warn that the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (IS) has not terminated the group as an Islamist terror movement committed to the goal of a caliphate, evidenced in the continued attacks by IS cells in Iraqi territory, using insurgency tactics that target individuals for their symbolic and practical value in the "IS 2.0" effort.
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Australian Police Train Officers in Islam Sensitivity
March 28, 2018
Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) is augmenting training in cybersecurity and law enforcement related to threats from radical Islamism, including from foreign fighters returning from Iraq and Syria, with a three-day training initiative educating AFP members on cultural and historical issues of sensitivity to Muslim communities.
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Cameroon Faces Boko Haram Threat from Women, Children
March 28, 2018
Officials from Cameroon’s military report the growing cross-border threat from Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in the form of women and children targeted for recruitment, based on recent arrests revealing that women and children were involved as suicide bombers and transporters of weapons and food.
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Muslim Cleric Preaches for Islamic Banking in East Africa
March 28, 2018
One of Uganda's best-known Muslim clerics is using public preaching to promote the introduction of Islamic banking in Uganda, presenting sharia-compliant banking practices as an economic development opportunity for the country and as consistent with Muslims' religious obligations in East Africa's third-largest economy.
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Experts Suspect Islamist Rebels of Congo Civilian Massacre
March 28, 2018
Experts suspect the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a coalition of Islamist groups committed to overthrowing the government of Uganda, of perpetrating a massacre of civilians in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, part of a cross-border military campaign whose civilian casualties have drawn attention from the UN and several states in Central Africa.