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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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Jihadi Cells Ally with Illegal Cartels to Foment Unrest in Tunisia
October 29, 2014
In the run-up to national elections in Tunisia, armed jihadi cells are strengthening their ties with drug and arms cartels to foment unrest and influence election outcomes, as detailed in a new report by the International Crisis Group.
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OIC Conference on Women Highlights Gender Inequality in Member-States
October 23, 2014
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's ("OIC") Ministerial Conference on the Role of Women in Development recently concluded in Azerbaijan identified health education, impediments to employment, and violence against women as core problems that inform continuing gender inequality in the global Islamic group's member-states.
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OIC Boycott Against International Companies Working with Israel Gains Traction
October 23, 2014
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") is using its platform as a global, Islamic organization to gain traction for its member-states to boycott international companies that work with Israel in the Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza, with Kuwait announcing that it will expand its national boycott in line with the OIC policy.
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Islamist Radicalism Presumed Motivation for Gunman's Attack in Canadian Parliament
October 23, 2014
Canadian authorities are investigating yesterday's shooting by a Quebec citizen who converted to Islam as a sign of spreading Islamist radicalism into Canada, in the wake of the country's participation in the coalition against the jihadi extremist movement known as The Islamic State.
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