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published Jun 19th 2016, 10:21 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) — Americans are still grieving the tragic murder of 49 people in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. The deranged assassin was a Muslim. The attack has sparked concern about a culture of terror sweeping the nation,

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©2015 Bloomberg News O06XT76JTSEB (Bloomberg) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said the scale of bombings targeting civilians by Boko Haram is overwhelming and the intelligence service has no information about the condition or location of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the insurgents last year. Boko Haram’s “capacity to conventionally

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJZR906K50Y1 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said the U.S. and its allies must strip away any legitimacy that Islamic State and al- Qaeda claim by portraying themselves as religious movements. Obama, who has come under criticism from Republicans who say he avoids acknowledging the Muslim roots of extremist

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJVV4M6KLVRC (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration will use a summit on countering violent extremism this week to outline steps for fighting groups beyond Islamic State while showing off current efforts in three U.S. cities, two officials said. The three-day meeting starting Tuesday in Washington will include officials from

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJTO7H6K50XV (Bloomberg) — It’s a city where mothers are used to leaving their babies in prams outside cafes and cyclists can bike through parliament square without encountering a single security guard. Now, Copenhagen is full of heavily armed police officers and the constant sound of sirens as

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A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan According to her family, Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five was falsely accused of blasphemy for speaking against the prophet Muhammad. She is to be hanged and would be the first woman executed under Pakistan’s Shariah blasphemy law. She has filed

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NIOVX36JIJUQ (Updates with Japanese government official in third paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — A Japanese hostage was shown killed in a purported Islamic State video after a deadline passed for Japan to pay a $200 million ransom, according to the Japanese government and a terrorist-monitoring group. Haruna Yukawa, a

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