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Interfaith
What’s behind the ‘blended extremism’ surfacing today?
(Hill) Extremists used to be classified easily into discrete categories, but that is getting harder to do. Increasingly, extremists’ motivations seem cobbled together from different, even contradictory hatreds — including adherents of both white supremacism and radical Islam. Why this is happening […]
Legal
‘We only wanted to help Muslims!’: Islamic State sisters’ defence in terrorism trial ‘We were too young!’ Sisters plead for mercy after IS terror trial in Norway.
(Euro Weekly) Two sisters who left Norway to join the terror group IS in Syria have concluded their controversial trial in Oslo, where their defence has portrayed them as victims of circumstance and youthful naivety. The siblings, who grew up in a […]
Government & Politics
French far-right leader Le Pen acquitted over ISIS tweets
(AFP) A French court on Tuesday acquitted far-right leader and presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen on charges she broke hate-speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities. Le Pen shared the gruesome images in December 2015, a few weeks after Islamic […]