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Islamo-Nationalism & State-Welfare Economy Sustain Turkey's Authoritarian Regime
April 26, 2022
According to the Maple Institute, deep-rooted popular support for Islamo-nationalism, combined with widespread state economic subsidies and handouts designed to curry private sector favor and buy off public opposition, are sustaining Turkey's authoritarian regime in the lead-up to national elections in the NATO member-state.
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Nigeria Train Attack Points to Jihadist-Bandit Collaboration
April 26, 2022
With over 160 people still reported missing after two weeks since an armed attack and abductions from a train attack on a major rail line in Nigeria, there is increasing evidence that the spate of similar attacks over the past two years suggests active collaboration by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)- affiliated Boko Haram jihadist group and local Fulani tribe-affiliated bandits, further destabilizing the oil-producing country's security environment.
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Turkey Inaugurates the Islamic Conquest Religious School at Hagia Sophia
April 19, 2022
Turkey's Islamist regime took another step towards restoring the Ottoman caliphate, with president's inauguration of an Islamic religious school at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Hagia Sophia Byzantine Christian Cathedral that was converted in 2020 to an active mosque, with the Ayasofya Fatih Madrassa (Conquest Religious School) as the latest step in the NATO member-state's declared policy of reviving the Ottoman imperial past and to abrogate the Turkey as a secular republic.
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IS Supporter Gets Life Imprisonment for Murder of British Minister of Parliament
April 19, 2022
A London court has sentenced a 26-year-old British IS supporter to life imprisonment for the 2021 crime of murdering Concervative Member of Parliament Sir David Amess in a lone-wolf knife attack that the perpetrator described as revenge for the MP's support for action against the IS caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
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IS Leadership Views Ukraine as Opportunity for New Attacks in Europe
April 19, 2022
The current leadership of the Islamic State (IS) views the Russian war in Ukraine as an opportunity to stage new jihadist attacks against Europe while the "crusaders are fighting each other," with IS social media propaganda calling on supporters of the Islamist group to ramp up violent operations in Europe as revenge for previous IS leader's suicide to avoid capture in Syria by US forces.
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