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Decades of CVE Strategy Failed to Extinguish 21st-Century Jihadists
December 27, 2021
Washington Institute writes that despite a 20-year trajectory of countering violent extremism (CVE) strategies by Western nations, the security and ideological threats posed by Islamism have remained durable, based on the combined globalization and localization of proliferation of global and local forms of Islamist militancy.
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Justice Department Indicts US-Bosnian Citizen as Terrorist Supporter of IS
December 27, 2021
The US Department of Justice announced the indictment of a US-Bosnian dual citizen in a Kentucky federal court for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, based on evidence that the individual traveled to Turkey and Syria to train and fight with IS and that he endorsed the goal of an IS conquest of the United States.
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Politico: Facebook Is Choice Platform for Islamic Extremists
December 22, 2021
Facebook is a choice social media platform for Islamic extremist groups and their supporters using a range of content to radicalize, recruit, and compete, with a study by Politico showing that IS, Taliban, and Islamic sectarian posts, especially foreign-language materials, avoiding the algorithms and other control tools used by the social media giant to prevent incitement to hate and violence.
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Weak Detention Centers for IS Fighters Pose Durable Threat
December 22, 2021
Weak, over-crowded detention centers in Syria that house for IS fighters held for lengthy periods pending resolution of judicial proceedings are devolving into « mini-caliphate » conditions presenting a durable threat from the Islamist extremist group, according to analysis by British counterterrorism officials and think tank research.
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Ratings Giant Fitch Sees M & A Consolidation of Islamic Banking Sector in GCC
December 21, 2021
Arabianbusiness.com reports the six Islamic theocracies that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are likely to see major moves in 2022 to consolidate their sharia-compliant/compatible financial sectors, with the mergers and acquisitions (M & A) trend likely to generate national and regional champions in Islamic finance, according to new reporting by US credit ratings giant Fitch.