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Istanbul Attack Reflects Islamist Globalization
July 01, 2016
The three radical Islamist suspects in the terrorist attacks at the Istanbul airport identified by the Turkish government - a Chechen, an Uzbek, and a Kyrgyz - reflect the globalization of jihadi sharia networks supporting the creation of a worldwide caliphate.
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UK Police Arrest Man for "Rightwing" Posts
July 01, 2016
British authorities have announced that they have arrested a man on suspicion of inciting racial hatred for posting "extreme rightwing, Islamophobic and antisemitic" material on social media.
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NY Senate Passes Campus Hate Speech Bill
June 29, 2016
The New York State Senate has passed a bill that would provide for the removal of funding from any student group at a public university that promotes or encourages "discrimination, intolerance, hate speech or boycotts" on the basis of "race, class, gender, nationality, ethnic origin or religion."
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UNESCO Trains Teachers on "Violent Extremism"
June 29, 2016
In a series of training seminars on Global Citizenship Education, UNESCO and the Asia Pacific Centre of Education for Intercultural Understanding are seeking to "sensitize" teachers regarding how they should respond to "violent extremism" in the classroom.
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UNHRC Debate Focuses on Islamophobia
June 29, 2016
At a UN Human Rights Council general debate discussing "the rising trends of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism," multiple governments from the Middle East often implicated in human rights abuses, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Egypt, warned of growing intolerance of and racism against Muslim migrants.
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