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Islamic State Expands into South Asia
February 10, 2015
The spokesman for the Islamic State ("IS") has announced the transnational Islamist movement is establishing a new province whose territory includes Afghanistan and most of Pakistan, a declaration amounting to the expansion of IS's jihadi operations and Sunni extremist ideology into the strategically important, yet unstable, region of South Asia.
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Pakistan Pushes OIC to Lead on Kashmir Problem
February 09, 2015
Pakistan is calling for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), as the representative of the global Muslim community, to press India and the United Nations to allow the population, the majority of which is Muslim, of Indian-controlled Kashmir to vote for self-determination.
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OIC Condemns ISIS Hostage Beheading and Hints at Influence of "Foreign Interests"
February 04, 2015
The 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") headquartered in Saudi Arabia and claiming official representation of the worldwide Muslim community, condemned the beheading of a Japanese hostage by The Islamic State ("IS") and suggested that foreign influences with "certain political purposes and agendas" have penetrated "radical movements" such as IS.
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Germany Considers New Laws Aimed at Blocking Jihadi Travelers
February 04, 2015
The German Parliament will take up draft legislation aimed at tightening security and intelligence measures on foreign travel, in an attempt to prevent radical Islamists from transiting through and/or returning to Germany from jihadi wars in the Mideast.
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Nigeria's Election Debates Heat Up Over Threat of Islamization
February 04, 2015
Nigeria's approaching presidential and legislative elections are provoking intense debates about the potential for the country's accelerated Islamization, with the ruling party charging opposition presidential candidate as a support of sharia, while the opposition party has criticized Nigeria's current president for attending meetings of the global Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC").
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