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Hamas, Palestinian Rival Fatah Discuss Post-Gaza War Plans In Egypt
Leaders from Islamist group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement discussed plans for cooperation after the war in Gaza in a new round of talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a Hamas official told Reuters.
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Taylor Swift's Vienna Shows Cancelled After Alleged Terror Attack Threat
The Vienna leg of a tour by American mega-star Taylor Swift has been cancelled after Austria arrested a man in connection with an Islamist attack plot, the organisers said Wednesday.
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UK's Radical Islamist Preacher Jailed For Life For Terrorism Offences
Sentencing Choudary at Woolwich Crown Court in London to a minimum term of 28 years, judge Mark Wall told the 57-year-old former lawyer that he was "front and centre in running a terrorist organisation".
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Banned J&K Group In Talks With Centre Ahead Of Amit Shah's Srinagar Visit
The banned group Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has said it is engaged in talks with the Centre and expressed its willingness to contest elections if the ban on the Islamist organisation is lifted in Jammu and Kashmir.
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"Found Him Hiding Inside Locker": Bangladesh Military On Arrest Of Kuki-Chin National Front Leader
Bangladesh's security agencies on Sunday arrested a senior commander of a tribal insurgent group believed to have links with an Islamist terrorist organisation, days after the outfit looted state-owned banks and abducted a bank manager.
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Centre Bans J&K's Tehreek-E-Hurriyat For Trying To "Establish Islamist Rule"
The government on Sunday declared pro-Pakistan separatist amalgam Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Jammu and Kashmir a banned organisation for fomenting terrorism and spreading anti-India propaganda in the Union territory.
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Explained: How Hamas Attacked Israel With Its Specialised Units
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas deployed a force of about 1,000 fighters to stage the most devastating attack on Israel in decades, organising them into specialised units, a source close to the group told Reuters.
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Anti-Terror Agency NIA's Fresh Raids In 4 States Linked To PFI Module Probe
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 16 locations in Bihar, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab as part of its investigation against a suspected module of the banned Islamist organisation PFI in Bihar's Phulwari Sharif.
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Pakistani Taliban Warns Journalists Against Calling Them "Terrorists"
The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organisation of armed Islamist groups, has warned the country's media and journalists against calling them a "terrorist outfit" or they will be treated as "enemies".
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Will Seek To Help Achieve Peace In Afghanistan: Islamic Nations (OIC)
The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged on Sunday to help achieve peace in Afghanistan and said its future leaders must guard against allowing the country to be used as a backyard for international Islamist militancy.
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Popular Front Of India Leaders Arrested In Connection With Assam Clashes
Assam Police on Wednesday arrested two leaders of the Islamist groups Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with last week's violent anti-citizenship act protests in Guwahati. PFI's state president Animul Haque and the press secretary of the organisation Muzamil Haque were arrested from PFI's Guwahati office at Hatigaon.
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Saudi, Allies Unveil Qatar 'Terrorist' Blacklist
Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with Islamist extremism that they said had ties with regional rival Qatar.
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Controversial Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik's NGO Banned For 5 Years
Controversial Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik's NGO 'Islamic Research Foundation' has been banned for five years . The government has asked the law enforcing Agencies to maintain a strict surveillance on the activities of all establishments of the organisation, sources said.
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Pro-RSS Muslim Body To Stop Young People From Joining ISIS
To help stop misguided Muslim youths from joining terror groups like ISIS or Islamic State, RSS-linked organisation Muslim Rashtriya Manch will soon float a new anti-terrorist body.
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Britain PM Rules Out Ban On Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday ruled out banning Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood but said the group had a "highly ambiguous relationship with violent extremism" and was "deliberately opaque".
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Hamas, Palestinian Rival Fatah Discuss Post-Gaza War Plans In Egypt
Leaders from Islamist group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement discussed plans for cooperation after the war in Gaza in a new round of talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a Hamas official told Reuters.
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Taylor Swift's Vienna Shows Cancelled After Alleged Terror Attack Threat
The Vienna leg of a tour by American mega-star Taylor Swift has been cancelled after Austria arrested a man in connection with an Islamist attack plot, the organisers said Wednesday.
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UK's Radical Islamist Preacher Jailed For Life For Terrorism Offences
Sentencing Choudary at Woolwich Crown Court in London to a minimum term of 28 years, judge Mark Wall told the 57-year-old former lawyer that he was "front and centre in running a terrorist organisation".
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Banned J&K Group In Talks With Centre Ahead Of Amit Shah's Srinagar Visit
The banned group Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has said it is engaged in talks with the Centre and expressed its willingness to contest elections if the ban on the Islamist organisation is lifted in Jammu and Kashmir.
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"Found Him Hiding Inside Locker": Bangladesh Military On Arrest Of Kuki-Chin National Front Leader
Bangladesh's security agencies on Sunday arrested a senior commander of a tribal insurgent group believed to have links with an Islamist terrorist organisation, days after the outfit looted state-owned banks and abducted a bank manager.
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Centre Bans J&K's Tehreek-E-Hurriyat For Trying To "Establish Islamist Rule"
The government on Sunday declared pro-Pakistan separatist amalgam Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Jammu and Kashmir a banned organisation for fomenting terrorism and spreading anti-India propaganda in the Union territory.
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Explained: How Hamas Attacked Israel With Its Specialised Units
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas deployed a force of about 1,000 fighters to stage the most devastating attack on Israel in decades, organising them into specialised units, a source close to the group told Reuters.
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Anti-Terror Agency NIA's Fresh Raids In 4 States Linked To PFI Module Probe
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 16 locations in Bihar, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab as part of its investigation against a suspected module of the banned Islamist organisation PFI in Bihar's Phulwari Sharif.
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Pakistani Taliban Warns Journalists Against Calling Them "Terrorists"
The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organisation of armed Islamist groups, has warned the country's media and journalists against calling them a "terrorist outfit" or they will be treated as "enemies".
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Will Seek To Help Achieve Peace In Afghanistan: Islamic Nations (OIC)
The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged on Sunday to help achieve peace in Afghanistan and said its future leaders must guard against allowing the country to be used as a backyard for international Islamist militancy.
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Popular Front Of India Leaders Arrested In Connection With Assam Clashes
Assam Police on Wednesday arrested two leaders of the Islamist groups Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with last week's violent anti-citizenship act protests in Guwahati. PFI's state president Animul Haque and the press secretary of the organisation Muzamil Haque were arrested from PFI's Guwahati office at Hatigaon.
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Saudi, Allies Unveil Qatar 'Terrorist' Blacklist
Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with Islamist extremism that they said had ties with regional rival Qatar.
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Controversial Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik's NGO Banned For 5 Years
Controversial Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik's NGO 'Islamic Research Foundation' has been banned for five years . The government has asked the law enforcing Agencies to maintain a strict surveillance on the activities of all establishments of the organisation, sources said.
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Pro-RSS Muslim Body To Stop Young People From Joining ISIS
To help stop misguided Muslim youths from joining terror groups like ISIS or Islamic State, RSS-linked organisation Muslim Rashtriya Manch will soon float a new anti-terrorist body.
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Britain PM Rules Out Ban On Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday ruled out banning Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood but said the group had a "highly ambiguous relationship with violent extremism" and was "deliberately opaque".
