[Link] Ilhan Omar: Lauren Boebert’s ‘Jihad Squad’ bigotry is ‘no laughing matter’

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Islamophobic remarks by Lauren Boebert are “no laughing matter”, Ilhan Omar said, demanding action from congressional leaders – after the Colorado Republican said sorry. Boebert made the remarks in her home district.

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[Link] The Taliban Have a Growing ISIS-K Problem

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban face a growing insurgency from ISIS-K, a jihadist group inspired by Islamic State and founded by former Taliban fighters in early 2015.

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[Link] ‘Hard Not To Respect That’: Why White Nationalists Are Toasting the Taliban

Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com

When the Taliban captured Kabul in August, sealing a remarkable victory in its nearly 20-year war of attrition against the world's leading superpower, jihadist networks around the world erupted in jubilation.

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[Link] Does the fall of Kabul increase the terror threat to the west?

Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

In three days in earlier this month Islamist militants killed more than 120 civilians in a series of attacks in the Sahel, a belt of increasingly anarchic and violent territory across Africa, where such groups have gone from strength to strength in recent years.

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[Link] Who is ISIS-K, the Islamic State offshoot in Afghanistan that has the Taliban worried?

Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Deadly explosions have rocked the edge Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport overnight killing and injuring locals wanting to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover, as well as US military personnel trying to help the evacuation effort.

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