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Taliban Offensive Underscores Radical Islamist Gains in Afghanistan
August 24, 2016
Steady Taliban gains in a protracted military offensive in Afghanistan signal the expanding strength of the radical Islamist group committed to ousting the US-supported Afghan government and to building a sharia state in the Southwest Asian state that was a safe haven for Osama bin Laden.
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Boko Haram Split Signals Dispute over Jihadi Methods
August 24, 2016
A factional split within Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist terror group, over whether jihad permits the killing of Muslims or limits murder to non-Muslims, is an important signal of the broader debate and possible trends among global jihadi groups regarding the methods and targets of Islamist war.
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Report: Russia Aggravates Islamist Radicalization in North Caucasus
August 17, 2016
A new report by a US think tank describes how the Russian state's heavy-handed policies, although aimed to impede Islamist recruitment and radicalization, have exacerbated the spread of extremist Islamist ideas and associated networks of illegal economic activity and violence in the Northern Caucasus.
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European Jihadism Is Expanding, Complex Threat
August 08, 2016
The suggestion by experts on the evolution of jihadism under the umbrella of the Islamic State that European jihadism comprises a complex ecosystem of national, economic, and generational groups, with limited evidence that integration failures cause radicalization, demonstrates that European security efforts to combat Islamist extremism require a "long haul" approach.
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Rebranding of Tunisian Islamism Raises Questions
August 08, 2016
Despite the renunciation by the leader of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party of "political Islam" in favor of "Muslim democracy," the party's extensive grassroots network of support from a conservative rural base favorable to sharia law, plus the high number of Tunisians among the Islamic State's foreign fighters, raise questions about the future direction of Tunisia's fragile democratization efforts.
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