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Islamic Bloc Calls for Prosecution of Israel for Crimes Against Humanity
October 01, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) has characterized Israel as an "apartheid regime" and announced the global Islamic organization's support for the idea of International Criminal Court proceedings to prosecute Israel for crimes against humanity.
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OIC Chief to Visit Sri Lanka on Conflict Resolution Mission to Investigate Rights of Muslim Minorities
October 01, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) will lead a conflict resolution mission to Sri Lanka, an OIC observer-state, to meet with the country's president and to investigate inter-communal violence affecting Sri Lanka's Muslim minorities.
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U.S. Interagency Team to Track Islamic State's Financial Sources for Violent Extremism
October 01, 2014
The U.S. government has established an interagency team tasked with tracking and staunching the global financing sources – derived from extortion and kidnapping, oil smuggling, and laundered money from charitable donations by wealthy Islamist donors – currently being used to fund violent extremism by the Islamic State (“IS”) in the Mideast and globally.
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Islamist Radicalization Intensifies Threats in Kenya
October 01, 2014
Two decades of ongoing Islamist radicalization in Kenya, spearheaded by the recruitment activities by the Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab and the failure of Kenyan government policies of communalism, have create imminent threats to the integrity of the Kenyan state, according to a new report by experts at the International Crisis Group.
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Azerbaijan Leads Council of Europe Anti-Hate-Speech Forum
October 01, 2014
The government of Azerbaijan, which currently holds the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (“CoE”) is this year's host of the CoE's International Forum of the No Hate Speech Movement, a youth campaign aimed at promoting human rights online and reducing hate speech in online and educational fora.
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