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Indonesian University Ends Face-Covering Ban
March 20, 2018
Conservative Islamist groups successfully protested for an end to the recent decision by the rector of Indonesia's State Islamic University to ban the full head-and-face covering of women, arguing that religious freedom rights outweighed the university administration's concerns about the growing influence and social intimidation of Islamic dress and morality codes.
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Report Highlights Afghanistan as Safe Haven for Violent Islamists
March 20, 2018
A new report released by a Washington think tank presents data showing that, despite the 17-year presence of US troops in Afghanistan to combat violent Islamism, the number and scope of such groups, with declared aims of attacking the United States, continues to multiply.
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Pakistan's Ecosystem of Islamist Groups Complicates Threat
March 20, 2018
A new report by a Pakistani think tank shows that the ecosystem of militant Islamist groups active in Pakistan is characterized by religious-ideological diversity, distinctions in use of and operational capacity for violence, and intergenerational scope, creating significant challenges for threat assessment and deradicalization strategies.
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Florida Teen Says Insults to Islam Motivated Knife Attack
March 20, 2018
A Florida teenager cited insults to Islam as the motivation for his knife attack against his friends, wounding two and killing one, after he confessed to authorities that he felt his friends "made fun of his Muslim faith and that he prayed and kissed the ground."
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Experts Face Longterm Challenge in Countering Jihadism
March 20, 2018
Jihadism as a form of Islamist political violence presents policymakers with an open-ended, multi-stakeholder challenge that requires tackling root causes involving socio-economic, educational, and political regime type, rather than a simplistic focus on counter-narratives that fails to remedy the structural causes that provide fodder for jihadist arguments and actions.
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