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Boko Haram Regionalizes Sharia Push and Jihadi Collaborations in Africa
February 25, 2015
The past two weeks have seen a string of suicide bombings and guerrilla attacks indicating that the hardline Islamist extremist group Boko Haram is expanding beyond its goal of making Nigeria into a sharia state, to a regional jihadi strategy built on collaboration with the Islamic State ("IS") and aiming at establishment of sharia rule across sub-Saharan Africa.
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African Union to Mount Regional Force to Combat Spreading Boko Haram Islamist Violence
February 25, 2015
The African Union is forming a five-nation Multinational Joint Task Force ("MJTF") for collective action against the expanding, cross-border threat of the Nigerian violent extremist group Boko Haram.
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Saudi Religious Dialogue Center Viewed as Potential Platform for Spreading Wahhabi Islamism in Europe
February 25, 2015
The high-profile, Saudi-funded King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue ("KAIICID") located in Vienna has become the focus of an intense debate at the highest echelons of Austrian politics about the centre as a potential platform for promoting Wahhabi Islamism in Europe.
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Islamic State Blends Modern State with Islamist Goals
February 25, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") constitutes a new kind of threat to the international order, distinguished from conventional terrorist groups by the objectives of establishing a territorial state with extractive, administrative, and military that can be used to project sharia law and structures on a global, hegemonic scale.
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Islamic State Differs from Other Islamist Groups in Mindset, Methods, and Goals
February 25, 2015
The Islamic State's ("IS") dogmatic commitment to violent, offensive jihad and to the implementation of a literalist interpretation of sharia law by establishing a global, territorial state differentiates IS from al-Qaeda and Salafist brands of violent Islamism.
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