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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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State Department New Terrorism Designations Indicate Globalization of Islamist Extremism
October 01, 2014
The U.S. Department of State's newest additions to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (“SDGT”) included Albanian, Chechen, Moroccan, and Libyan designations, indicating the ongoing globalization of individuals and groups using extremist Islamist views to support acts of violence.
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Sharia Mortgages to Get British Government Guarantees
October 01, 2014
The United Kingdom's only wholly sharia-compliant retail bank (Sharia Islamic Bank of Britain) has launched an Islamic mortgage-finance program that is also being backed by the British government's "Help to Buy" mortgage guarantee program.
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Muslim Groups and Leaders Urge U.S. and European Officials to Refuse to Use "Islamic" to Describe ISIS and Al-Qaeda
September 24, 2014
A growing number of Islamic groups and Muslim leaders from the Middle East and European countries and the U.S. are calling for a rejection of the term "Islamic" to describe ISIS (the self-styled Islamic State of Syria and Iraq/Levant) and al-Qaeda, arguing that use of the term Islamic for jihadi-terrorist groups provokes stereotyping of Islam and all Muslims.
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OIC Plans High Profile Meetings and Strategy Sessions for Opening of UN General Assembly
September 24, 2014
The Secretary General of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) will hold strategic planning sessions in sideline meetings at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly (“UNGA”), with particular focus on Islamic approaches to conflict resolution, Islamic organizations in the United States and Palestine, and Islamic perspectives on human rights – and is expected to meet with the UN Secretary General and heads of state from around the world.
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