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Religion may aggravate Ethiopia’s domestic divisions

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ETHIOPIA

The controversy over this issue has roots in broader intra-religious, inter-religious and inter-ethnic faultlines that have worsened amid the political crisis of recent years and…

Islamist movements will sustain popular appeal in Gulf

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GULF STATES

Islamist movements in the smaller GCC states.

Nigeria’s Islamic movement ban raises violence risks

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NIGERIA

Both have been held in detention by the authorities since 2015, in defiance of a court order for their release. The ruling followed a little over a week after President Muhammadu…

China will promote Party-friendly religion

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CHINA

China's policies towards religion.

Nigerian Islamic movement faces more marginalisation

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NIGERIA

Persistent physical crackdowns against the country’s largest Shia group, and Abuja's refusal thus far to hear Zakzaky’s testimony at a forthcoming presidential panel investigating…

Paris attacks expose new era of insecurity

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FRANCE

France has been shaken to its core by homegrown jihadist attacks that last week claimed 17 lives in three days, the worst of its recent history. So far, the reaction of the French…

Iran’s women’s rights movement will be contested

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IRAN

Although this remains against the law, he said police enforcement could lead to a "wide-scale negative reaction". An ongoing Iranian conversation about economic and political…

Radical group normalises its policies in Syria

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SYRIA

The softer approach, evident also in HTS’s tolerance of Sufis and suppression of its erstwhile jihadi allies, reflects a desire for acceptance domestically and internationally…

China’s repression in Xinjiang is here to stay

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CHINA

This abandons affirmative action and accommodation of ethnic sensitivities, and instead actively and often forcibly promotes assimilation into the culture and society of the Han…

Bulgarian party split may help revive Russian gas plan

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BULGARIA

Mestan also implied that Borisov and Dogan were allied in promoting Russian interests in Bulgarian politics -- while Bulgaria's 'yellow press' accuses him of being a Turkish…