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"Tolerance" Festival In Bangladesh Cancelled After Islamist Threats
A Bangladeshi mystic sect promoting religious tolerance has cancelled their popular music festival after Islamist threats, the latest victim of turbulent religious relations since a student-led August revolution.
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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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Return Of "Islamist Terrorism" Poses Threat To All Of Europe: Macron
The return of "Islamist terrorism" poses a threat to all European nations, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to Albania on Tuesday.
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"Calling For Violence In Kashmir": UK Official Flags Anti-India Rhetoric
A review into the UK government's scheme set up to prevent terrorism has made recommendations for improvements to tackle Islamist extremism as the "primary threat" to the country.
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Rishi Sunak Pledges To Tackle "UK's Most Significant Terror Threat"
British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most "significant terror threat", with a widened government definition of extremism.
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Alert Along Indo-Bangla Border Over Possible Threats On Independence Day
The Border Security Force (BSF) has been put on a ''high alert'' along the India-Bangladesh border following inputs of possible security threats on Independence Day from Islamist terrorists based in the neighbouring country and Indian insurgents oper
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Bangladesh Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan Apologises After Threats Over Attending Hindu Ceremony
Shakib Al Hasan spoke hours after a man made personal threats against him on a Facebook live forum, accusing him of "hurting religious sentiment".
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Pak Supreme Court To Review Asia Bibi's Acquittal In Blasphemy Case
Pakistan's Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin a review of its own acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of Islamist protests and threats and chaos across the country.
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France Expels Swiss Islamist Who Posed 'A Serious Threat To Public Order'
France on Saturday expelled controversial Swiss Islamist preacher Hani Ramadan who posed "a serious threat to public order", the interior ministry said.
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Opinion: Sushma Swaraj's Speech Outwitted And Outshone Nawaz Sharif's
The meat of the External Affairs Minister's speech was, of course, on terrorism. She was careful to locate the threat to India - including most recently in Uri - within a worldwide battle against Islamist terrorism that has stretched from Bangkok to Mogadishu and New York to Kabul.
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Britain's MI6 To Get Around 1,000 Spies In Biggest Expansion Since Cold War: Report
Britain's foreign intelligence service is to get 40 per cent more spies in one of the biggest expansions since the Cold War as MI6 seeks to harness new technology, the BBC said.
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France Expels 2 Moroccans Considered Serious Security Threat
France has deported two Moroccan nationals seen as a serious security threat after they became radicalised as Islamist militants, the interior ministry said in a statement late on Friday.
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Islamic Terrorist Threat To Europe Never Been So Severe: Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday the Islamist terrorist threat to France and Europe has never been so severe as now, after two assailants loyal to ISIS attacked a church and slit the throat of an elderly priest.
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After Nice Attack, Francois Hollande Says All France Under 'Islamist Terrorist Threat'
A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who'd gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday. At least 84 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said.
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Hindu Priest Receives Death Threat In Bangladesh
Suspected Islamists claiming to be the ISIS followers have threatened to kill a Hindu priest of the Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka if he continues to preach in "Islamic Bangladesh", prompting authorities to tighten security around the area.
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"Tolerance" Festival In Bangladesh Cancelled After Islamist Threats
A Bangladeshi mystic sect promoting religious tolerance has cancelled their popular music festival after Islamist threats, the latest victim of turbulent religious relations since a student-led August revolution.
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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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Return Of "Islamist Terrorism" Poses Threat To All Of Europe: Macron
The return of "Islamist terrorism" poses a threat to all European nations, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to Albania on Tuesday.
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"Calling For Violence In Kashmir": UK Official Flags Anti-India Rhetoric
A review into the UK government's scheme set up to prevent terrorism has made recommendations for improvements to tackle Islamist extremism as the "primary threat" to the country.
-
Rishi Sunak Pledges To Tackle "UK's Most Significant Terror Threat"
British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most "significant terror threat", with a widened government definition of extremism.
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Alert Along Indo-Bangla Border Over Possible Threats On Independence Day
The Border Security Force (BSF) has been put on a ''high alert'' along the India-Bangladesh border following inputs of possible security threats on Independence Day from Islamist terrorists based in the neighbouring country and Indian insurgents oper
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Bangladesh Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan Apologises After Threats Over Attending Hindu Ceremony
Shakib Al Hasan spoke hours after a man made personal threats against him on a Facebook live forum, accusing him of "hurting religious sentiment".
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Pak Supreme Court To Review Asia Bibi's Acquittal In Blasphemy Case
Pakistan's Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin a review of its own acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of Islamist protests and threats and chaos across the country.
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France Expels Swiss Islamist Who Posed 'A Serious Threat To Public Order'
France on Saturday expelled controversial Swiss Islamist preacher Hani Ramadan who posed "a serious threat to public order", the interior ministry said.
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Opinion: Sushma Swaraj's Speech Outwitted And Outshone Nawaz Sharif's
The meat of the External Affairs Minister's speech was, of course, on terrorism. She was careful to locate the threat to India - including most recently in Uri - within a worldwide battle against Islamist terrorism that has stretched from Bangkok to Mogadishu and New York to Kabul.
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Britain's MI6 To Get Around 1,000 Spies In Biggest Expansion Since Cold War: Report
Britain's foreign intelligence service is to get 40 per cent more spies in one of the biggest expansions since the Cold War as MI6 seeks to harness new technology, the BBC said.
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France Expels 2 Moroccans Considered Serious Security Threat
France has deported two Moroccan nationals seen as a serious security threat after they became radicalised as Islamist militants, the interior ministry said in a statement late on Friday.
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Islamic Terrorist Threat To Europe Never Been So Severe: Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday the Islamist terrorist threat to France and Europe has never been so severe as now, after two assailants loyal to ISIS attacked a church and slit the throat of an elderly priest.
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After Nice Attack, Francois Hollande Says All France Under 'Islamist Terrorist Threat'
A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who'd gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday. At least 84 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said.
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Hindu Priest Receives Death Threat In Bangladesh
Suspected Islamists claiming to be the ISIS followers have threatened to kill a Hindu priest of the Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka if he continues to preach in "Islamic Bangladesh", prompting authorities to tighten security around the area.
