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Extremist Islamism Gains Ground in Pakistan Textbook Changes
October 31, 2014
Education remains the battleground for struggles between extremist Islamists and their opponent in Pakistan, evidenced by public outcry over provincial government officials' announcement to change school textbooks in geography, history, and science to reflect Islamic ideas about jihad, blasphemy, and gender.
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OIC Continues to Use UN to Take Aim at Israel
October 29, 2014
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) condemned the Israeli government's recent announcement for approval of expanded settlement construction in Jerusalem, condemning Jewish settlers for their recent attack on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, and calling on the United Nations Security Council to take act on Israel "to end repeated aggression and to respect religious sites."
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Nigeria's Violent Islamists Commit Atrocities Against Kidnapped Girls
October 29, 2014
Boko Haram, the violent Islamist group fighting to impose sharia law throughout Nigeria, has committed wholesale rape and forced marriage against schoolgirls kidnapped by the group, according to a new report based on escaped girls' interviews with Human Rights Watch.
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Saudi Islamism Used by Judiciary to Silence Free Speech
October 29, 2014
A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced three lawyers to extended imprisonment for criticizing judicial corruption and bias, only days after the country's top Muslim cleric condemned social media as "the source of all evil and devastation."
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Islamic State Implements Youth Recruitment Program for Violent Extremism
October 29, 2014
The Islamic State (formerly ISIS, or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has already begun to implement a widespread youth recruitment program in Iraq and Syria – including education in sharia practice and jihad, military service involving frontline fighting and blood transfusions for jihadis – aimed at cross-generational radicalization, according to field data from international organizations and human rights groups.
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