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Radical Islamist Group Forcing School Closures in Pakistan
July 10, 2014
A radical Islamist group, the Organization of Islam for the Koran, active on Pakistan's border with Iran and Afghanistan and opposed to "Western-style" and girls' education, is waging a terror campaign of violence and threats in order to force school closures in Pakistan.
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Islamist Extremism a Growing Threat to Stability in Jordan
July 10, 2014
Representatives from the Jordanian Council on Foreign Relations are sounding alarm bells about the growing threat from Islamist extremists, Salafists and jihadis, to the country's domestic order, governability, and Christian minority population.
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Islamic Banking and Finance Markets Growing and Globalizing
July 10, 2014
Global finance analysts expect continuing, robust growth in markets for sharia-compliant and sharia-compatible products and instruments, led by strong competition for hub status by Western, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries that have already issued Islamic sovereign bonds.
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Democracy the Casualty in Competing Islamisms of Turkey, Iran, Saudi
July 10, 2014
Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are running point in support for competing versions of Islamism - Sunni, Shia, Muslim Brotherhood, Wahhabi, and others - which, despite their differences, have combined to undermine democratizing forces in the Middle East.
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Returning Jihadis from Syria a Concern for U.S. Homeland Security
July 10, 2014
Senior U.S. and Western intelligence and counter-terrorism officials are voicing growing concerns over potential high-level security threats from radicalized individuals returning home after fighting with extremist Islamist groups in Syria.
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