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Afghanistan’s Expanding Islamist Ecosystem Security Threat for Central Asia
May 23, 2022
The expanding ecosystem of Islamist extremist and jihadist organizations inside Afghanistan, led by the intensification of Islamic State of Khorasan (ISK) recruitment and violent operations inside the South Asian country, is generating transnational networks in the geopolitically critical region of Central Asia, presenting a security threat through radicalization that is causing political volatility, economic disruption, and social tensions.
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Saudi Arabia: World’s Largest Exporter of Qurans
May 23, 2022
Saudi Arabia’s islamic theocracy remains the world’s largest exporter of Qurans, with the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an globally distributing English- and multi-language versions of the Aquarian that include anti-Semitic, and I-Christian polemics and investments to violent jihad, all of which stand in contrast to the current Jeddah regime’s efforts to band the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a moderating force in global Islamism in international relations and as a voice for common, inter-religious values.
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Bangladesh’s Islamist Extremists Are Increasing use of Cyber Technologies
May 23, 2022
Bangladesh’s multi-generational, diverse community of Islamist extremist organizations has shifted purposefully towards the use of digital platforms and cyber technologies for recruitment, radicalization, and impact in winning hearts and minds in the South Asian country of 165 million people, targeting the 90 million internet users with this strategy reflecting broader, global trends by Islamists seeking to deploy technologies for purposes of propaganda and operations.
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OIC Chief Begins US Tour on Strategic Dialogue
May 23, 2022
The Secretary General of the 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the global multilateral entity whose mission is to safeguard the interests of the worldwide Muslim community according to sharia law, is arriving in the United States for a strategic dialogue tour, beginning with a meeting with US Secretary of State Tony Blinken to discuss partnerships and bilateral cooperation on common interests.
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Islamist Extremist Groups in Burkina Faso Murder, Rape, Pillage in Campaign Aimed at State Takeover
May 18, 2022
Internationally renowned Human Rights Watch reports that Islamist extremist groups affiliated with with AQ (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM) and IS (Islamic State on the Greater Sahara, ISGS) continue to wage a years-long armed campaign aimed at state takeover of the African Sahel country, with AQIM and ISGS violence having displaced over 1.8 million people and Islamist militants engaging widespread murder and systemic rape, pillaging and destruction of local economies and infrastructure.
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