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Monday, August 31, 2015
MONDAY Security Update: Hero tells how he and his friends charged a suspected Islamist militant carrying an AK-47
Pakistani Christians Told to Convert to Receive Flood Aid
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issue 199
8.31.2015 |
TOPSTORIES
Christians
left homeless due to devastating flooding in Pakistan were told by Muslim
charities: convert to Islam or become bonded servants. More
MORENEWS
Afsana Lachoux had her son taken from her
and custody awarded to an ex-husband she says was abusive. |
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Homeland Security says Amir Meshal
represents a threat of 'conducting a violent act of terrorism' and 'is
operationally capable of doing so.' |
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A conference of Sufi Muslims resolved to
promote “tolerance and co-existence between the followers of Islam and
Christianity.” |
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Hopefully, the Lebanese protestors will
learn from the Egyptians' and Tunisians' experiences and stop the Islamists
from riding their coattails to victory. |
FEATUREDVIDEOS
An
animated video out of popped up on the internet satirizing the relationship
between the leader of the Syrian government and the terror group Hezbollah.
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BLOGPOST
Karachi today is a time bomb waiting to
explode, the consequences of which will spell disaster in the region and
beyond. |
RECOMMENDEDREADING
By William McCants
The Islamic State is one of the most lethal
and successful jihadist groups in modern history, surpassing even al-Qaeda.
How did the Islamic State attract so many followers and conquer so much land?
By being more ruthless, more apocalyptic, and more devoted to state-building
than its competitors. The shrewd leaders of the Islamic State combined two of
the most powerful yet contradictory ideas in Islam: the return of the Islamic
Empire and the end of the world-into a mission and a message that shapes its
strategy and inspires its army of zealous fighters. They have defied
conventional thinking about how to wage wars and win recruits. Even if the
Islamic State is defeated, jihadist terrorism will never be the same. Based
almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious
texts and secret al-Qaeda and Islamic State letters that few have seen -The
ISIS Apocalypse explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and
doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark
future. |
READERSWRITE
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[Re:
'No, the Afghanistan War Is Not Over; 2 Americans Killed']: If we withdraw
the Taliban will complete the occupation and move on to Pakistan (has nukes)
but staying has a no win outcome. Its a lose / lose situation.
J.R.
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[Re:
Quote from Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO, on the destruction of
antiquities in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State]: A tragedy! What a sham
though because if you are referring to the International Community as the UN,
they watch and do nothing. When President Assad started killing his own
people that is when action to prevent the slaughter of 10,000 should have
taken place. All words, shallow ones, no action.
S.Z.
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