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Western Europe Sees Steady Rise in Radical Islamist Fighters to Mideast
January 28, 2015
The latest reports by European security experts detail steady increases in radical Islamist fighters leaving from Western European countries for Mideast military fronts, amounting to 20 percent of the foreign fighters in the ranks of violent extremist militants now at war in Iraq and Syria.
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Pakistani Religious Parties Call for OIC to Push For Global Blasphemy Law
January 26, 2015
Pakistan's myriad Islamist parties have staged public demonstrations in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo events, calling for a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") to lay out a strategy, in the European Union and the United Nations, for passing global blasphemy laws that criminalize the "dishonour of religion."
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Boko Haram Jihad Spreading from Nigeria to Other African Countries
January 26, 2015
Nigeria's President is calling on the leadership of neighboring Chad, Ghana, and Niger to develop a West African multilateral military force to combat the spreading jihadi footprint of the extremist Islamist group.
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OIC Passes Counter-Terrorism Resolution
January 26, 2015
The Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") met this week in Turkey and passed a counter-terrorism resolution declaring the 57 member-states' commitment to combat "the spread of terrorism, violence and extremist ideologies which are all against the moderation and tolerance of Islam."
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OIC Supports Global Blasphemy Protections for Islam
January 21, 2015
Despite condemning the recent violence against Charlie Hebdo, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") has not altered its policy priority of lobbying for global blasphemy laws that would criminalize any criticism against Islam.
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