The first step in fighting violent extremism is to “amplify the voices of peace and tolerance,” President Barack Obama said Thursday while appearing at the three-day Summit to Counter Violent Extremism. Obama outlined a three-part strategy for combating extremism: first discrediting the ideologies behind the extremism by appealing to forces of moderation, and then addressing the economic...

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As Islamic terrorism continues to plague Egypt, the country plans to set up a committee to look into ways of blocking terror-linked websites, the Egyptian Al Ahram daily reported Tuesday. [Egyptian Prime Minister] Ibrahim Mahlab is forming a committee to study possible amendments to national security laws in order to remove websites linked to...

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Alexander Kudascheff, the editor-in-chief of the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, asserted that Europe “must stand united against rampant anti-Semitism” in an op-ed published on the website on Monday. Kudascheff began his argument by responding to the recent terror attacks that have targeted Jews in Europe. This terror targets all of us, but it...

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Adele Bitton, a four-year-old girl who was injured in 2013 when the car she was riding in was attacked by rocks, was buried a day after dying from long-term complications from her injuries, The Times of Israel reported today. Her parents spoke at her funeral, which attended by hundreds of...

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) published a shocking new video on Sunday in which it showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. The group, which has taken advantage of the anarchy prevailing in Libya to gain a foothold in its territories, kidnapped the Egyptian...

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Fatah, the political party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, posted images on its Facebook page promoting rocket fire against Israel, The Times of Israel reported yesterday: One image showed a Fatah fighter holding a rocket while others fired guns, and another displayed a man firing an automatic rifle...

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Dan Uzan, the Danish security guard who was killed while guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen yesterday, was described by Danish Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior as “irreplaceable.” In a profile of the Uzan reported today by the Associated Press, Melchior also described Uzan as “a person who was always willing to...

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Two people were killed and at least five injured in separate shootings yesterday at a Copenhagen cafe and synagogue yesterday. Police later shot and killed the suspect in both attacks. The Wall Street Journal reported: The first targeted a seminar on Islam and free speech in the wake of the...

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Federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita formally requested that charges be brought against Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for obstructing an investigation into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) today. The request is the first in a series of...

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The Islamic Republic of Iran is motivated by a revolutionary ideology to support global terrorism, and is unlikely to moderate that support even after a successful nuclear deal with the West, according to experts who testified before a House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee hearing yesterday. The experts were Frederick W. Kagan of the...

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