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Son of Boko Haram Founder Arrested In Chad: Report
A young son of Boko Haram's founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent.
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Assad's Exit Shatters Iran's Influence But Risks Islamists' Rise In Syria
The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United States and Arab powers must now deal with the risk of instability.
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Hate Preachers From Pak, Afghanistan, Indonesia To Be Blocked From Entering UK: Report
Hate preachers with extremist Islamist views from countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia will be blocked from entering Britain under new plans being drafted by the government, according to a UK media report on Sunday.
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Pakistani Islamist Parties Rally Against Chief Justice On Blasphemous Remarks
Hundreds of supporters from Pakistani Islamist parties on Friday rallied to protest against what they say were blasphemous remarks by the country's chief justice.
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French Teacher's Killing "Probably" Linked To Israel-Palestine War: Minister
France will deploy 7,000 soldiers after a Chechen-origin man fatally stabbed a teacher and severely wounded three other adults at a school in the northeastern town of Arras, the Elysee presidential palace said Saturday.
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Hamas Leaders In Spotlight: Insights Into The Group That Controls Gaza
The key leaders of the Palestinian organization, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared to the ISIS group.
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UK Islamist Preacher Anjem Choudary Remanded In Custody On Terror Charges
British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary was remanded in custody by a UK magistrate on Monday after London's Metropolitan police charged him with three terrorism offences.
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Rishi Sunak Pledges To Tackle "UK's Most Significant Terror Threat"
British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most "significant terror threat", with a widened government definition of extremism.
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Men Separated From Women By Curtain At This Medical College In Kerala
A controversy has erupted in Kerala over an Islamist outfit conducting classes on 'gender politics' for a section of medical students here by making male and female students sit separately, divided by a curtain.
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Pakistan Parliament To Vote On French Envoy's Expulsion After Protests
Pakistan's government will seek a vote in parliament on Tuesday on whether to expel the French ambassador after violent anti-France protests by Islamists demanding action over cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad, the interior minister said.
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Bangladesh Arrests Islamist Hardliners Over Protests Against PM Modi
Hundreds of hardline Islamists have been arrested by Bangladesh police over the past week, officials said Sunday, after deadly protests against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.
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Bangladesh Police Say Top Islamic Terrorist Shot Dead
Bangladesh police said Tuesday they had killed the chief of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an extremist group accused of murdering secular activists and inspiring a cafe siege that killed 22 people.
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US Terror Designation A "Failed Attempt To Pressure Resistance", Says Hamas
The US decision to put the head of Hamas on its terror blacklist on Wednesday will not deter the group's "resistance" to Israel, the movement said.
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US Puts Hamas Chief Haniya On Terror Blacklist, Slaps Sanctions On Him
The United States on Wednesday put the head of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, on its terror blacklist and slapped sanctions on him -- a move sure to raise tensions, after Washington recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Son of Boko Haram Founder Arrested In Chad: Report
A young son of Boko Haram's founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent.
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Assad's Exit Shatters Iran's Influence But Risks Islamists' Rise In Syria
The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United States and Arab powers must now deal with the risk of instability.
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Hate Preachers From Pak, Afghanistan, Indonesia To Be Blocked From Entering UK: Report
Hate preachers with extremist Islamist views from countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia will be blocked from entering Britain under new plans being drafted by the government, according to a UK media report on Sunday.
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Pakistani Islamist Parties Rally Against Chief Justice On Blasphemous Remarks
Hundreds of supporters from Pakistani Islamist parties on Friday rallied to protest against what they say were blasphemous remarks by the country's chief justice.
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French Teacher's Killing "Probably" Linked To Israel-Palestine War: Minister
France will deploy 7,000 soldiers after a Chechen-origin man fatally stabbed a teacher and severely wounded three other adults at a school in the northeastern town of Arras, the Elysee presidential palace said Saturday.
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Hamas Leaders In Spotlight: Insights Into The Group That Controls Gaza
The key leaders of the Palestinian organization, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared to the ISIS group.
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UK Islamist Preacher Anjem Choudary Remanded In Custody On Terror Charges
British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary was remanded in custody by a UK magistrate on Monday after London's Metropolitan police charged him with three terrorism offences.
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Rishi Sunak Pledges To Tackle "UK's Most Significant Terror Threat"
British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most "significant terror threat", with a widened government definition of extremism.
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Men Separated From Women By Curtain At This Medical College In Kerala
A controversy has erupted in Kerala over an Islamist outfit conducting classes on 'gender politics' for a section of medical students here by making male and female students sit separately, divided by a curtain.
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Pakistan Parliament To Vote On French Envoy's Expulsion After Protests
Pakistan's government will seek a vote in parliament on Tuesday on whether to expel the French ambassador after violent anti-France protests by Islamists demanding action over cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad, the interior minister said.
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Bangladesh Arrests Islamist Hardliners Over Protests Against PM Modi
Hundreds of hardline Islamists have been arrested by Bangladesh police over the past week, officials said Sunday, after deadly protests against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.
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Bangladesh Police Say Top Islamic Terrorist Shot Dead
Bangladesh police said Tuesday they had killed the chief of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an extremist group accused of murdering secular activists and inspiring a cafe siege that killed 22 people.
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US Terror Designation A "Failed Attempt To Pressure Resistance", Says Hamas
The US decision to put the head of Hamas on its terror blacklist on Wednesday will not deter the group's "resistance" to Israel, the movement said.
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US Puts Hamas Chief Haniya On Terror Blacklist, Slaps Sanctions On Him
The United States on Wednesday put the head of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, on its terror blacklist and slapped sanctions on him -- a move sure to raise tensions, after Washington recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
