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Islamist Militants Commit Mass-Casualty Egypt Mosque Attack
November 28, 2017
Attackers likely affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) have perpetrated a mass-casualty attack on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula, as part of an escalation of attacks against Egyptian government facilities, Coptic Christians, and now Muslim sites frequented by worshipers IS considers to be disloyal to the cause of the caliphate.
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Experts Call for Iraq-Syria Reconstruction, Development
November 28, 2017
Transatlantic security experts recently convening at a major UK counter-terrorist forum warned that, absent sustained international reconstruction and development assistance to Iraq and Syria following the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) caliphate, new configurations of IS and al-Qaeda militants will emerge in the Mideast to continue the global Islamist project.
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Dubai Hosts Islamic Lifestyle Bootcamp
November 28, 2017
The Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority and the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre hosted an "Islamic lifestyle bootcamp" designed to support entrepreneurs and start-ups in accelerating the global integration and growth of Islamic lifestyle sectors such as fashion, tourism, and halal food through promotion and marketing of sharia-based values.
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Al-Qaeda Islamism Is a Protracted Threat to US Interests
November 28, 2017
A new report submitted by the Center for Naval Analysis to the US Congress characterizes al-Qaeda as a threat to American national security and strategic interests, based on al-Qaeda’s long time horizon and unwavering commitment to building a global sharia order based on Islamist principles.
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OIC Steps up Rail Project to Integrate Member-States
November 28, 2017
The 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced plans at its recent economic summit in Istanbul to accelerate its Transafrican Dakar-Port Sudan rail network project, in partnership with the African Union and China, to create a “multimodal transport corridor” to boost the economic development and trade integration of African OIC member-states.
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