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Russia Finds Meta Guilty of ‘Extremist Activity’, Says WhatsApp Can Stay

March 21, 2022
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A Moscow court on Monday found Meta Platforms Inc. guilty of “extremist activity”, but said its decision would not affect the WhatsApp messenger service, focusing its ire on the company’s already banned Facebook and Instagram social networks. Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court upheld a lawsuit filed by Russian state prosecutors on banning the activities of Meta…

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Taliban’s Newly-Appointed Chancellor of Kabul University Bans Women From Working or Studying at Institution

September 28, 2021
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The Taliban’s newly-appointed chancellor of Kabul University has banned women from working or studying at the institution, he announced on Monday. Mohammad Ashram Ghairat, a BA degree holder, stepped into the role of chancellor of the university this week after the Taliban fired PhD holder Vice-Chancellor of Kabul University, Muhammad Osman Baburi. The decision sparked backlash throughout…

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Suspect in Custody After Priest Killed in Western France

August 9, 2021
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PARIS, France—A priest was killed Monday in a small town in western France, and the suspect is a man he had housed for months, a local religious leader said. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the killing, adding that he was heading to the Vendee region after the “dramatic assassination.” Full details of the killing, reportedly…

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Radical Preacher Anjem Choudary’s Public Speaking Ban Lifted

July 18, 2021
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A ban on radical preacher Anjem Choudary speaking in public is being lifted as licence conditions that were imposed after his release from prison come to an end. The extremist was jailed five years ago after being convicted of inviting support for the ISIS terror group, and he left Belmarsh high-security jail on licence in…

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Extremist Attack in Somalia’s Capital Kills at Least 9

July 10, 2021
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—A large explosion in Somalia’s capital killed at least nine people and injured eight others, a health official said Saturday. Dr. Mohamed Nur at the Medina Hospital told reporters that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded who were taken to the facility in Mogadishu where he works. “I am sure the number…

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Radical Extremists Operate ‘With Impunity’ Online, New UK Laws Needed Says Watchdog

February 25, 2021
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Extremists can pro-actively glorify terror, openly promulgate anti-democratic ideologies, and radicalize others online—yet still stay within the law, a UK watchdog warned on Wednesday. There’s a “gaping chasm in the law” that allows such extremist activity, the Commission for Countering Extremism said in a review scrutinizing existing legislation. It called for a new legal framework…

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