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Turkey Accuses Pope Francis of Religious Hatred for Statement about Armenian Genocide
April 14, 2015
The Government of Turkey has accused Pope Francis of using his "religious post to stoke hatred and grudges" along religious lines, in reaction to the Pontiff's description of Ottoman Turkey's murder of 1.5 million Armenian Christians as the 20th century's first genocide and to his call for Muslim leaders to denounce the targeted terror attacks against Mideast Christians by jihadi groups such as The Islamic State ("IS").
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OIC Organizing Global Muslim Youth to Combat Islamophobia
April 13, 2015
The leadership of the global-multilateral Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") has named Istanbul, Turkey as the inaugural "capital of Muslim youth," with a Summer 2015 conference planned to launch expanded programmatic activities for promoting integration and solidarity of Muslim youth around the world and for training in methods to combat Islamophobia and in conflict resolution.
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American Supporter of Islamic State Raises Concerns About Homegrown Jihadism
April 13, 2015
U.S. authorities have apprehended an American citizen planning to carry out a suicide attack in the name of the Islamic State ("IS") against a military installation in Kansas, raising concerns about the possible growth in jihadi ideas and operations on American territory.
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Turkey Aims to Become Eurasian Gateway for Sharia Finance
April 13, 2015
The President of the Islamic Development Bank ("IDB"), an agency of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), is encouraging European Union candidate-country Turkey to work to establish itself as the gateway for sharia-compliant financial and banking services and products linking Asia and Europe.
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Militant Islamists and Pakistani State Maintain Close Ties
April 13, 2015
The decision by a Pakistani court to release a leader of the violent Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which carried out the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, has raised concerns in India and the United States about the penetration of militant Islamist actors in Pakistan's state institutions.
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