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UN Security Council Calls on Jihadi Terrorists to Disband and Expands Sanctions on Jihadi Financiers
August 20, 2014
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution that calls on the two main jihadi extremist groups operating in Iraq and Syria, The Islamic State and the al-Nusra Front, to disband and cease their terrorist activities, that expands the sanctions lists, including asset freezes and a global travel ban, against financiers of jihadi violence, and that calls on all UN member-states to honor their responsibilities to uphold the resolution.
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Indonesia Takes Preventive Steps Against Jihadi Islamism
August 20, 2014
The government of Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population, is taking preventive steps, including media restrictions and citizenship revocations, against possible terrorist threats from jihadi fighters returning from Syria and Iraq.
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OIC Welcomes Leadership Transition in Iraq
August 20, 2014
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) officially welcomed the transition underway in the leadership in the Iraq government, also reiterating the OIC's support for "Iraq's independence, sovereignty and territorial unity."
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Human Rights a Continuing Lightning Rod in Egypt's Government-Islamist Struggle
August 20, 2014
The Egyptian government's recent entry ban on Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) leadership into the country, just after HRW's published a report on the actions of the security forces of the al-Sisi regime at last year's Muslim Brotherhood (“MB”) demonstrations, points to continuing human rights problems caused by the ongoing struggle between pro- and anti-MB forces in Egypt.
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Audit Raises Red Flags About UN Funding and Supply Flows in Gaza
August 15, 2014
A new internal audit report for the United Nations Development Program's ("UNDP") work in Gaza has identified poor oversight and reporting on funding streams and supply flows from the UN Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"), raising red flags about the possibility that Hamas may have diverted UN resources and supplies toward Islamist military operations inside Gaza and against Israel.
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