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Jihadi Subculture Is a Form of Soft Power for Violent Islamism
December 21, 2015
Terrorism experts analyzing the expansive and complex subculture of militant jihadism made up of the continuous production of music, fashion, and poetry assert that this subculture glorifies extremist Islamism as a way of life and serve as a significant soft-power recruiting tool for the Islamic State ("IS").
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Canada's Multiculturalism Approach Is Viewed as Opportunity for Islamist Extremism
December 21, 2015
The Ontario branch of al-Huda, the religious school that San Bernardino killer Tashfeen Malik attended in Pakistan, has become a lightning rod for security concerns in Canada surrounding the country's multiculturalism policies.
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OIC Chief Pushes Free Speech Limitations
December 21, 2015
Speaking recently in Morocco at a media forum for Africa, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") continued the organization's push for global limitations on free speech under the guise of "not harming Islam and its values."
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IS Exports Caliphate Terror to Southwest Asia
December 21, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") has made significant inroads in expanding the footprint of its caliphate into Southwest Asia, establishing the Khorasan Province in Afghanistan as a base to project into Iran and Central Asian states and exporting the brutal Islamist practices of beheadings, hostage-taking, and extortive taxes.
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Muslim Reform Movement Calls on American Muslims to Reject Islamist Extremism and Violence
December 21, 2015
Muslim Reform Movement, a new organization founded in the aftermath of the Islamic State ("IS")-inspired attacks in San Bernardino, is calling on American Muslims to reject violence and extremism and simplistic West-against-Islam narratives.