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Syrian Refugees Report Islamic State Uses Schools for Radicalization
July 21, 2015
Syrian refugees in Turkey are reporting widely that the Islamic State ("IS") is systematically converting Syria's schools captured by their militias into indoctrination camps for Islamist radicalization and jihadi recruitment.
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Maldives Anti-Terrorism Bill Promotes OIC Agenda on Islamism
July 21, 2015
The government of the Maldives is debating a controversial anti-terror bill that bases the proposed legislation on the "Islamic" definition of terrorism articulated in the Charter of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), which diverges significantly from United Nations definitions of terrorism.
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Countering Tunisia's Radical Islamism Faces Complex Challenges
July 21, 2015
Although the recent terror bombings in Tunisia were attributed simply to the appeal of the Islamic State ("IS"), the radicalization of young Muslims in Tunisia is a complex process that originates with socioeconomic marginalization and political alienation factors on which radical groups like IS and the Muslim Brotherhood deliberately capitalize.
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Boko Haram Likely Perpetrators of Ramadan Attack on Muslims in Nigeria
July 21, 2015
The Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which is committed to imposition of sharia law throughout Nigeria, is suspected in three recent suicide bombing that targeted Muslim civilians at an Eid celebration ending Ramadan.
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OIC Bank Chief Pushes UN to Increase Sharia Finance for Sustainable Development
July 21, 2015
The Chief Economist for the global Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's ("OIC") Islamic Development Bank pushed at the recent UN International Conference on Financing for Development for the mainstreaming and expansion of sharia-compatible/compliant financing instruments for new global sustainable development initiatives.