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Militant Islamists Continue War of Attrition in Somalia
July 13, 2015
Al-Shabaab, the militant Islamist group aiming to make Somalia a sharia state, staged a lethal attack on civilians in the country's capital, in an ongoing war of attrition against the Somali government currently protected by a multinational peacekeeping force.
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Tunisia Faces Problem of Jihadi Recruitment
July 13, 2015
A new UN report on foreign jihadi recruitment patterns identifies Tunisia as a major source of recruits to violent Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria, and urges the Tunisian government to develop a national strategic plan to counter rising Islamist sentiment and support.
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Militant Islamist Influence Growing in Indonesia
July 13, 2015
Increasing episodes of societal and state intolerance in Indonesia against non-Sunni Muslim communities and non-Muslim minority groups are being interpreted by experts as signs of the growing influence of militant Islamist ideas and actors inside the country with the world's largest Muslim population.
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Tajikistan Cracks Down on Islamist Extremist Websites
July 13, 2015
Tajikistan's government has outlawed and publicly identified 80 internet websites associated with a range of Islamist extremist groups, all of which are working to consolidate a sharia caliphate in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Massive Islamist Attacks in Egyptian Sinai Aim to Push Boundaries of IS Caliphate
July 06, 2015
The Egyptian branch of Islamic State ("IS") carried out a massive wave of attacks this week in the Sinai Peninsula, the strategic connector between Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the Suez Canal, signaling a sharp upswing in efforts to expand the territorial boundaries of the IS caliphate and to continue the war of attrition against the current Egyptian government, which ousted the preceding Muslim Brotherhood ("MB") government from office.