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Ismail Haniya elected as new Hamas chief
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 7 (ANI): Gaza based Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Saturday elected Ismail Haniya as its new political chief, replacing Qatar based veteran Khaled Meshaal.
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Paris attack: Gunman was known for radical Islamist activities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr. 21 (ANI): The attacker, who killed a police officer in Paris's Champs-Elysees area, was known for radical Islamist activities by the French security services.
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Pakistan's latest tirade against ex-envoy Husain Haqqani shows it is
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 4 (ANI): Pakistan's relationship with the U.S. has often been touted as that of a 'frenemy', as Islamabad her on several occasions been accused of playing a double game - securing U.S. aid to fight terrorism and then using that aid to maintain its Islam
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Sindh has been victim of Pakistan's war mongering: Sindhi Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 15 (ANI): The Sindhi Congress on Wednesday said that Sindh has been the victim of Pakistan's war mongering and Islamist agenda from day one of formation of Islamabad.
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B'desh bans Ansar Al Islam outfit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar. 5 (ANI): The Bangladesh Government on Sunday banned Islamist outfit Ansar Al Islam, which claimed it was involved in targeted killings including that of an LGBT activist Xulhaz Mannan.
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Indonesian women becoming more active in jihadist networks: Report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Feb. 5 (ANI): A report by the south-east Asia-focused Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) has urged Indonesia to tackle an increasing threat of would-be female terrorists who are being spurred on via social media to engage with extremist Islamist networks.
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Jamaat-e-Islami leader sees 'another Bangladesh' in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan. 13 (ANI): A leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), an Islamist political party in Pakistan, has said that the Balochistan province in the country is facing the same scenario that turned East Pakistan into Bangladesh.
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Explosion in Philippines's Marawi wounds seven of Presidential Securi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila (Philippines), Nov. 29 (ANI): Seven members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) and two military troops were injured in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Marawi City on Tuesday, which has been seen by experts as a "possible diversionary tactic by the Mau
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Zakir Naik's counsel to move tribunal against Centre's ban on NG
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Following the Centre's ban on Zakir Naik's NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation, for five years, the counsel of the controversial Islamist preacher, has asserted that it is an 'illegal and unjustified' ban and added that they will move the t
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Whoever welcomes Rajnath will be compelled to leave Pak, says Islamist lea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug. 1 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has warned the Pakistani leaders against welcoming Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who will be arriving in Islamabad on August 3 to attend the SAARC Interior and Home Ministers conference.
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Hizb ut-Tahir member arrested in Singapore for propagating online extremis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 31 (ANI): The Singapore Police has arrested a Hizb ut-Tahir member named Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff (44) for spreading radical Islamist ideology online and radicalising at least two other citizens.
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Books being used to radicalise Bangladeshi Muslims in Singapore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 23 (ANI): Islamist radical groups are targeting vulnerable expatriate Bangladeshis in Singapore to join militancy, through provocative books.
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