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Islamism, Organized Crime Converge in Latin America
June 19, 2017
The Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah has established a sophisticated network of organized criminal activities in Latin America to finance the dissemination of radical Islamist ideology and possible terrorist operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Turkey's Islamist Battles Ensnare Activist
June 19, 2017
Turkey's Islamist government has expanded its purge of human rights activists and journalists accused of support for the Islamist Gulenist movement, which it blames for last summer's coup attempt in Ankara, arresting one of the country's most distinguished human rights activists, the Chair of Turkey's chapter of Amnesty International.
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Pakistan Court Imposes Death Sentence over Facebook Post
June 19, 2017
A Pakistan court sentenced a man to death on charges of committing blasphemy against Islam because of his Facebook posts, part of an escalation in restrictions on free speech and vigilante social violence in the name of protecting state-sanctioned, Sunni interpretations of Islam.
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UNESCO Chief Seeks "Magic Formula" for Intercultural Peace
June 15, 2017
At the recent UN World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Azerbaijan, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova called for world leaders to find the "magic formula" for encouraging people to coexist and for constructing "inclusive and resilient" societies.
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UK, France Pledge Action on "Extremist" Speech
June 14, 2017
Raising questions about the breadth of European government plans to tackle "extremist" content on the internet, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed at a recent meeting to launch a joint campaign to punish social media companies for failure to tackle "online radicalization."