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Turkey's Islamists Target Cultural References from Antiquity
August 28, 2017
Turkey's constellation of Islamist parties is extending its Islamization project to an assault on cultural references from antiquity, demanding the removal from public view of a statue of Greek philosopher Diogenes, born in the Black Sea area now part of Turkey, as a foreign cultural plot.
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Nigeria Expands Central Bank Liquidity for Sharia Banks
August 28, 2017
Nigeria's Central Bank announced two new financial instruments designed to prioritize and generate liquidity for the country's sharia-compliant banks, buttressing Nigeria's policy toward becoming the African epicenter of Islamic finance.
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Dutch Authorities Arrest Suspect in IS Concert Plot
August 28, 2017
Dutch counter-terrorism officials have apprehended a suspect who they say made threats on technologies favored by Islamic State (IS) actors and targeted a concert of an American rock band scheduled to perform in Rotterdam for an Islamist terror attack.
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IS Uses American Child to Threaten West
August 28, 2017
The Islamic State (IS) has, for the first time, used an American child in its propaganda messages with a newly released video in which a young boy identifies himself as the son of a former US soldier and threatens violence on American soil against US President Donald Trump.
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Indian Court Rules Against Islamic Divorce Practice
August 28, 2017
India's Supreme Court ruled against the practice of instant divorce used frequently in the country's large Muslim community, a move heralded by international and local rights organizations as an important step toward developing uniform civil code protections for equal rights for all citizens and protecting Muslim women against socioeconomic marginalization by hardline Islamist laws.