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UK's Reported Jihadi Reintegration Stokes Public Controversy
November 08, 2017
The British Home Office has sparked a public outcry over a possible program to reintegrate and deradicalize returning foreign fighters from the Islamic State (IS) by providing state funds for their housing, education, and job training.
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Report Highlights Standards Challenges in Global Islamic Finance
November 08, 2017
A new report by Big Three credit rating giant Fitch Group emphasizes that global Islamic financial communities continue to present risks due to the ongoing lack of standardization in sharia codification and in regulatory supervision.
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Islamic Banking Footprint Expands in Algeria
November 08, 2017
The number of state banks in Algeria offering Islamic banking and financial services continues to expand as the oil-revenue-dependent North African government looks to attract sharia-compliant/compatible investment to boost the country’s economic development.
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Red Cross Defends IS Against “Dehumanizing Rhetoric”
November 08, 2017
Senior leadership in the Mideast operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross has expressed concern that transatlantic leaders are using “dehumanizing” and “demonizing” language to refer to Islamic State (IS) combatants and their families and supporters.
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US Works to Broker Saudi-Iraqi Rapprochement
November 08, 2017
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is serving as the platform for the “Saudi Arabia-Iraq Coordination Council” to broker a united Sunni Arab front that can function to contain the geopolitical expansion of an Iran-supported Shiite arc generating Islamist sectarian instability with ripple effects from the Mideast across Eurasia.
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