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Check out Ahul-Taqwa Issue #3 with articles from @_JesseMorton, the first piece from a caliphate returnee, @AverageMohamed, @jasonwalters85, Bryant Neal Vinas and more. DM to discuss. scribd.com/document/44860867…

reuters.com/world/middle-eas… “The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah met top leaders of the Palestinian militant factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and discussed what their alliance must do to "achieve a real victory for the resistance"” #Palestine #Gaza #Hamas

cbsnews.com/news/threats-in-… "Here in the U.S., we cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations could exploit the conflict to call on their supporters to conduct attacks on our own soil." [said Wray] #IsraelGazaWar #Hamas #Palestine

reuters.com/world/india-cond… "India considers the weekend attack by Hamas militants in Israel a "terrorist attack", a spokesperson for the country's foreign ministry said, while reiterating its longstanding position for an independent Palestine." #India #IsraelPalestineConflict #Hamas

splcenter.org/news/2023/10/1… The @splcenter gave its assessment of the current state of hate & extremism at an international human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland... #Extremism #SPLC #HumanRights

nytimes.com/2023/10/03/world… "The number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan rose by around 50 percent during the Taliban’s first year in power, compared with the year before, according to the Pak Institute for Peace Studies..." #Pakistan #Terrorism #Taliban

cbsnews.com/news/cuba-embass… "The U.S. on Monday condemned an attack on Cuba's embassy in Washington, in which a man allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails at the mission. Cuba described the incident Sunday night as a "terrorist attack." No one was injured." #Cuba #Terrorism

apnews.com/article/mali-junt… "Attacks in northern Mali have more than doubled since U.N. peacekeepers completed the first phase of their withdrawal last month after a decade of fighting Islamic extremists, resulting in more than 150 deaths." #Mali #UN

nbcnews.com/politics/congres… "Two U.S. senators are urging the Biden administration to appeal to the Iraqi government to help secure the release of a Princeton University graduate student believed to have been abducted by an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq six months ago." #Iraq

bostonglobe.com/2023/09/15/n… "Facing renewed scrutiny, US military officials said Friday they will interview nearly 20 service members wounded two years ago in a catastrophic bombing as the Biden administration raced to leave Afghanistan..." #Afganistan #Extremism

apnews.com/article/nazi-swas… A #Florida man who authorities described as being a member of an #extremist group has been arrested in displaying a banner with swastikas on a highway overpass

nytimes.com/2023/09/12/us/po… "The State Department is working to repatriate a family of 10 American citizens stranded in Syria, where they are among the tens of thousands of people effectively imprisoned in desert camps and detention centers from the war against the Islamic State..."

ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-… "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed concern about "continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada" in a bilateral with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held on the sidelines of G20." #Canada #G20 #Modi

bloomberg.com/news/articles/… "In a sign of thawing relations, a US delegation for the first time co-hosted a business conference with #Taliban leaders in #Afghanistan to work on a plan to rebuild the economy & address acute poverty in the face of reduced international aid..."

reuters.com/world/europe/rus… Britain is set to declare the Russian mercenary Wagner Group to be a terrorist organisation, making it illegal to be a member or to support it, the government said on Wednesday. #Terrorism #UK #Russia

reuters.com/world/middle-eas… "Israel said on Monday it was temporarily stopping commercial goods from leaving the Gaza Strip through a main border crossing after security officers thwarted an attempt to smuggle out explosives." #Israel #Gaza #Extremism