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Analysis-Politics and Islam bring Indonesian compromise on criminal code

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code has grabbed headlines for making sex outside marriage illegal but Islamic parties wanted even harsher punishment for moral crimes in the world's ...
The New Arab

Will the SDF's rollback lead to an Islamic State resurgence?

The Syrian government’s military offensive against SDF-held areas in northeast Syria has sharpened fears over the renewed ...
Yahoo

Analysis: Islamic State attack signals West's least bad option for Afghanistan - the Taliban

(Reuters) - The deadly attack on Kabul airport has underlined the realpolitik facing Western powers in Afghanistan: engaging with the Taliban may be their best chance to prevent the country sliding ...
Long War Journal

Analysis: Islamic State’s current da’wah campaign across Africa

Since the beginning of the year, the Islamic State’s central media apparatus has made a concerted effort to highlight its men engaging in da’wah across the African continent. These actions have so far ...
Long War Journal

Analysis: The Islamic State’s expansion into Congo’s Ituri Province

Graphs made by Caleb Weiss using attack data from the Kivu Security Tracker and ACLED. Over the last few months, the Congolese branch of the Islamic State’s Central African Province (ISCAP), known ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Islamic State’s Global Long Game and Resurgence in Syria Poses an Evolved Threat to the West

To receive the Africa File and Iran Update via email for more regular Islamic State coverage, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Key Takeaway: The Islamic State has ...
Nasdaq

ANALYSIS-Islamic State attack signals West's least bad option for Afghanistan: the Taliban

The deadly attack on Kabul airport has underlined the realpolitik facing Western powers in Afghanistan: engaging with the Taliban may be their best chance to prevent the country sliding into a ...