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Arab spring, IS and democracy by Akhmetova, Elmira

“…Numerous Muslim thought leaders and governments have denounced the ISIS brutalities as being anti-Islamic and antithetical to the core principles of the religion. Yet, the self-styled leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, claims global authority of the Muslim ummah in the manner of the caliphs of old.…”
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"India's Rasputin"?: V.K. Krishna Menon and Anglo–American misperceptions of Indian foreign policymaking, 1947–1964 by McGarr, Paul M.

“…One of Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru's closest political confidantes, Menon served variously as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, leader of its delegation to the United Nations, self-styled mediator in the Korea, Indo–China, and Suez crises of the 1950s and, from 1957, his country's Defence Minister. …”
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Anti-terrorism financing laws in Malaysia: current trends and developments by Abdul-Qadir Zubair, Aishat, Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi, Mohd Yasin, Norhashimah

“…With the emerging threats of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Malaysia and the world at large, there is no better time than now to come up with a more comprehensive law such as the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 to complement existing legislations on terrorism financing.…”
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MNLF elements among invaders: Sulu fighters may have trained with group by The, Star

“…PETALING JAYA: The Sulu invaders are not officially recognised by any group other than the self styled Sulu Sultanate and its supporters, said Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Professor Dr Aruna Gopinath.…”
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Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghāni: An exploratory study of his place in the Tajdid movement and position towards the Sudanese Mahdiyya by Ibrahim, Hassan Ahmed

“…Much had been written in Islamic (notably in Arabic and Persian) and Western (particularly English and French) languages about the monumental mujaddid (Islamic reformer) and political activist Jamāl al-Dīn al-Husaini (1838-1897), popularly known by his self- styled pseudonym “al-Afghāni”. Nonetheless, this article revisits him mainly because the challenges that the Islamic world faced and which he tried, in vain, to address during his turbulent time remain basically the same in our chaotic time, even in a much acute form after the historic September 11, 2001 incident. …”
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