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Islamists Decry Pakistani Mixed-Gender Funeral
March 07, 2018
Pakistani Islamists decried the presence of both women and men at the funeral of Asma Jahangir, the founding chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and an internationally renowned human rights and religious freedom activist, in fatwas as "an affront against Islam" and a violation of Pakistan's gender-segregation practices.
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EC Ramps up Pressure Against Online "Illegal" Material
March 06, 2018
As part of growing pressure from the EU on internet companies to eliminate "illegal content" online, the European Commission (EC) has released a recommendation pushing companies to target such content, including "incitement to hatred," through automated detection and to remove "terrorist" content within one hour of its posting.
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UK Official: Remove Children from Violent Extremists' Homes
March 06, 2018
In a recent speech, Britain's top counterterrorism police officer Mark Rowley called for the UK to remove children from the homes of violent extremists, in the same manner as the authorities remove children from the home of pedophiles, to prevent their corruption through "wicked" propaganda and ideology.
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Saudi Arabia Expands Sharia Finance in Loan Facility
March 05, 2018
The Saudi Arabian finance ministry has announced the expansion of an initial $10 billion international loan facility to $16 billion, including a significant Islamic tranche, signifying the Islamic theocratic regime’s growing influence as an international debt issuer and as a leading center for sharia-compliant/compatible finance.
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Gulf Grant to Maldives Faces Criticism as Exportation of Islamism
March 05, 2018
The announcement by the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of a $160 million development fund for the Maldives has provoked charges from the Maldivian political opposition that the economic assistance is a form of extremist Islamist penetration and infiltration to compete geopolitically with India and China in the Indian Ocean.
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