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Public Protests in Iran Against Acid Attacks Against Women by Islamist Vigilantes
October 23, 2014
Following a recent series of attacks by Islamist vigilantes who threw acid in the face of Iranian women as punishment for "poor veiling" with the chador (hijab), Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the government's failure to use the full measure of the justice system to detain and prosecute the perpetrators of the assaults.
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Saudi Arabia and OIC Condemn Israel at UN Security Council
October 22, 2014
Saudi Arabia's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations (“UN”), speaking in the UN Security Council on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), condemned Israel for its actions in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem, and called on the international donor community to step up its reconstruction assistance to Gaza and to press for a negotiated political solution to the crisis in Syria.
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Saudi Application of Sharia for Public Beheadings Echoes IS Practices in Iraq and Syria
October 22, 2014
Saudi Arabia's justice system has come under criticism from international human rights groups, who point out that the use of sharia law to limit due process rights and to justify public beheadings reflects the same practices being used by the Islamist terror group The Islamic State (“IS”) in Iraq and Syria.
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Chinese State Confronts Possible Islamist Radicalization with New Program Combining Economic Development and Intelligence Gathering
October 22, 2014
The Chinese state is undertaking a new program that combines economic development with intelligence surveillance in Xinjiang Province, in an effort to defuse potential causes and catalysts of Islamist radicalization among the country's large Uighur Muslim minority.
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OIC Moves to Implement Economic Plan for Central Asia
October 22, 2014
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) is holding its First Investment Forum, in Tajikistan, to begin implementing the global Islamic organization's economic and financial "Cooperation Plan of Action for Central Asia."
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