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IS Builds Slave and Rape Institutions Intrinsic to Jihad for Caliphate
August 14, 2015
Extensive empirical evidence is emerging that details the Islamic State's ("IS") use of Islamic theology to sanction systematic policies and organizational structures for the trafficking and sale of non-Muslim captive females into institutionalized slavery, including the religiously sanctioned rape of pre-pubescent girls, as intrinsic to IS's jihadi expansion of their caliphate.
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Returning Jihadis Present Complex Security Threat to Home Countries
August 14, 2015
A newly released think-tank study analyzes the complex security threat of jihadi fighters returning to home countries from Iraq and Syria, suggesting that Western countries must develop nimble, sophisticated policies capable of differentiating short-term terror threats from longer-term social disrupters who facilitate radicalization and activation in Islamist networks.
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Sectarian Tensions Intensify Among Kuwaiti Muslims
August 14, 2015
The intensification of sectarian tensions in Kuwait indicates the concerns by Sunnis that Iran is surreptitiously fomenting radicalism among Kuwait's Shiite minority.
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NY Court Charges Two Youths with Supporting IS
August 14, 2015
A federal grand jury in New York has brought charge against two young Muslims who were conspiring to detonate a bomb in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State ("IS").
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ISIS Chemical Weapons Attacks Reported Against Kurds
August 14, 2015
Growing evidence is emerging that jihadi fighters of the Islamic State ("IS") have used chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters in ISIS's campaign to expand the territory of its caliphate.
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