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Questions Raised About Islamist Activist Networks in Canada
January 30, 2015
Canadian media are raising questions about the links between Islamist civic activism and possible funding streams to radical Islamist organizations in the Mideast, based on alleged fundraising ties between the Muslim Association of Canada ("MAC"), which conducts educational, religious, and cultural activities throughout the country, and Mideast organizaitons designated as terrorist groups by the Canadian government.
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Islamist Infighting in Turkey Costs Christian Safety
January 29, 2015
Three jailed suspects accused of involvement in the brutal murders of three Christians in southeastern Turkey nearly eight years ago have been set free by the Turkish courts, on claims that the accused perpetrators have been caught in internecine fighting between the country's Islamist government and the anti-government, Islamist Gulenist movement.
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Central Asia Emerges as Ripe Recruiting Ground for Jihad
January 29, 2015
A newly released report from the respected International Crisis Group details the aggressive recruiting methods and problematic nexus of local conditions combining to make the post-Soviet Central Asian Republics ripe recruiting ground for a jihadis arc from the Mideast to Central Asia.
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Paris Attack by Islamic Terrorists Deepens Commitment to Muslim-Jewish Cooperation in London
January 28, 2015
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris by radical Islamists linked to al-Qaeda have led to renewed commitment to interfaith collaboration by London's Muslim-Jewish Forum, a local initiative that views the Paris events as responsible for catalyst for the recent uptick in both anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim episodes and sentiments in Europe.
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Clashes Between Police and Islamic Rebels Threaten Fragile Peace in Philippines
January 28, 2015
The eruption of violent clashes between Philippines police forces and fighters from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ("MILF") has frozen progress on legislation to grant autonomy to the Muslim-dominated Bangsamoro region in the southern part of the country, jeopardizing the fragile peace process that had halted decades of fighting and giving renewed traction to the radical Islamist separatists of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters ("BIFF").
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