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US Report Warns of Rising Islamism in Afghanistan
February 03, 2017
A US government report from the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction details a bleak picture of the "Talibanization" of the country, with opium-related revenue and violence fueling the Islamist terror group's growing strength against a weak, corrupt, and inefficient Afghan state.
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Mosul Muslims Oppose Imposition of Islamism
February 03, 2017
In areas of the Iraqi city of Mosul liberated from Islamic State (IS) control, local Muslims report that the violent extremism of IS has engendered a sociological shift away from the arbitrary imposition of Islam and toward religious practice and observance as a matter of choice.
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UN Chief: Trump Order Fails to Guard US Security
February 03, 2017
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has opined that the Trump Administration's order raising barriers to refugees and other migrants from countries it deems a security threat is not the way "to best protect the US or any other country" from the dangers of "terrorist infiltration."
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UN Agents Criticize US Refugee Barriers
February 03, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has published a news release criticizing US President Donald Trump's executive order raising barriers to the entry of migrants as "clearly discriminatory" and a violation of the US's international obligations to protect refugees.
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UNESCO Recommendations Address Hate Speech, Radicalization
February 01, 2017
Presenting the findings of a UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) study indicating "no clear causal link between online propaganda and youth radicalization," UNESCO presenters at a conference on "cyberhate" advocated a human rights-based approach to youth radicalization and global standards on "the legal limits for hate speech."
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