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Malaysian Court Limits Religious Freedom in Deference to Islamism
March 09, 2018
A Malaysian federal court recently ruled that freedom to convert to Christianity falls under the legal purview of the country’s sharia courts, a determination viewed by rights experts as a nod to the growing influence of hardline Islamists seeking to dominate politics and society in the South Asian country with a multi-religious, multi-ethnic composition.
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Authorities Arrest Utah Teen for IS Activities
March 07, 2018
Utah police and the FBI have arrested a local teen charged with supporting the Islamic State (IS) terror group in two separate incidents, including planting a homemade bomb at his high school and raising the IS flag at another area high school last month.
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Kazakhstan Announces Program to Prevent Islamist Radicalization
March 07, 2018
The deputy chief of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee announced that the oil-rich, authoritarian regime will dedicate close to a billion dollars over the next five years to educational and outreach programs designed to curtail the radicalization of the country's majority-Muslim population, with particular focus dedicated to foreign fighters returning from Iraq and Syria.
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UK Central Bank Plans Expansion of Islamic Finance
March 07, 2018
The Bank of England announced plans to launch a new sharia-compliant facility available to a broader range of UK financial institutions to boost demand for Islamic-finance products, aimed to support the goal of making London the global hub of sharia finance in the West.
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Al-Qaeda Leader Calls for Continued African Jihad
March 07, 2018
A newly released online video of al-Qaeda operations in North Africa and the Maghreb features al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri calling on the Muslim communities of North and West Africa to unite behind the Islamist extremist group in a continuing jihad against Western "invaders" and any actors that oppose implementation of sharia throughout the African Continent.
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