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Software unveiled to tackle online extremism, violence
Counter Extremism Project says software can be useful in stopping "viral" spread of videos of beheadings
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Frankenstein’s monsters
Who gave the thumbs-up to Pakistan to continue to cultivate ties with the Afghan Taliban?
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Examining reasons for extremist support
Our national efforts to counter extremism have specifically identified the need for madrassa reform
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Baghdad carnage — again
Once again, Iraq has been hit by a series of bombs that have killed at least 94 people and injured at least 150 more
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Ahead of Ramazan, UK Muslim charity seeks to portray Islam in positive light through buses
Islamic Relief hopes the campaign across five major cities in UK will help to 'change the negative climate'
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Gunmen kill eight Egyptian policemen south of Cairo
The militants have repeatedly tried to make inroads in the capital
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Those living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Limited immunity of foreign sovereigns is now the global norm
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New hit-list threatens Bangladeshi teachers, politicians
Police said they were taking seriously the threat to kill 10 people listed in a leaflet that was sent to a press club
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Reforms need courage
The law and order in K-P seems to have improved but this is not the police's job alone
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Anatomy of the National Action Plan — I
Independent media has not only liberated human mind, it has fundamentally reshaped the dynamic of public engagement
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Humanity under attack
It will take at least a generation to reverse the change our society has undergone in the past 35 years
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Countering extremist mindset
Ruling elites shall have to stop pandering to religio-political lobbies that abhor the present edifice of Pakistan
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Pakistan and globalisation
The rise of extremism and associated terrorism discourages foreign participation in the country’s progress
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A false depiction of Pakistan
What happens when an ex-American model visits Pakistan to attend a fashion week, but ends up at the Red Mosque?
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Former equalities watchdog warns of growing 'Muslim ghettos' in UK
'Muslims may hold very different values from the rest of society and want to lead separate lives'
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The state’s withdrawal from public welfare
The withdrawal of the Pakistani state from public welfare has also encouraged non-state welfare, linked with terrorism
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France PM warns extreme Islam winning the propaganda war
Speaking at a roundtable on extremism in Paris, the premier warned that Salafists were winning in France
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Radicalisation — the mother of militancy
Our ruling elite and policy planners are not paying attention to social spaces that facilitate radicalisation
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Wash, rinse, spin and repeat
Columnists and commentators, myself included, go through the same wash, rinse, spin and repeat cycle
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Tajikistan to install metal detectors, cameras in mosques
The equipment will be installed at the expense of the mosques and their congregations
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Action and inaction
What is needed is not just a tweeted resolve, but introspection and commitment to fundamental change within ourselves
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What can the IS offer Pakistani militants?
The IS can be considered an amateur in terrorism when compared to its Pakistani counterparts
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Targeting sources of strengths of terrorism
Only all-pervasive corruption can create the hopelessness, which generates hate necessary for commitment to terrorism
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A disco maulvi and liberal fascist go for sheesha
When you stopped talking to girls on campus after Hajj, I knew it was a phase which wouldn’t last long
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Belgians cannot 'eat chocolate' and fight terror: Israel minister
Israel's intelligence minister accused Belgian leaders of laxity over the threat posed by homegrown radicals
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Reiterating resolve: Entire nation united against terrorism, extremism: Rashid
Information minister condemns ‘cowardly’ attack in Peshawar
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Saudi centre looks to online videos to counter extremism
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's most conservative nations, has long been accused of fuelling extremism
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Save the children
Internet access has made youth vulnerable to the ocean of extremism. Children are susceptible to online radicalisation
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Issues as possible source of global conflict
There is a strong belief among many that some of the problems world faces today can be solved by technological means
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My friend, the former Muslim extremist
Today Rafi is a voice against the Taliban, against conspiracy theories and against blind anti-Americanism
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Religious scholars denounce extremism
They termed “anti-Islam and anti-Muslim” all militant outfits involved in killing innocent people
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The war of narratives
Pakistanis have long believed in the narrative that their country is a gift of God for Muslims
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Homegrown extremists biggest extremist threat to US: spy chief
Director National Intelligence James Clapper says US-based extremists pose "most significant Sunni terrorist threat"
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Two puppeteers held for 'glorifying terrorism' in Madrid show
A support group for the victims of terrorism (AVT) on Twitter said it intended to file a complaint over the show
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Two suspected extremists arrested in Greece
28-year-old Bosnian and 19-year-old Yemeni were travelling by bus when they were arrested in Alexandroupolis
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Australian teen accused of planning 'kangaroo bomb': reports
Canberra has been increasingly concerned about home-grown extremism and raised terror alert level to high in Sept 2014
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Muslims are not like others in Britain, claims former UK race equality chief
Trevor Phillips says Muslim communities are unlike others in Britain and will not integrate in same way
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Pakistani journalists, activists faced increasing hostility in 2015: HRW
HRW Asia Director Brad Adams says Pakistan should not curb freedom of expression under the threat of extremism
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Stability in a chaotic world
Arab-Iran rivalry has found battlegrounds at societal levels in many Muslim-majority states, including in Pakistan
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Taking President Obama’s prediction as a challenge
President Obama's foresight regarding the continued instability in Pakistan must not be taken lightly
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Uniting to prevent violent extremism
Poisonous ideologies do not emerge from thin air. Oppression, corruption and injustice are greenhouses for resentment
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Pakistan can and must do more to dismantle terrorist networks: Obama
US president praises recent crackdowns by security forces but says more should be done to eradicate violent groups
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Reason under siege
The erosion of the rational moorings of society could lead to the erosion of the moral values as well
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Tajikistan shaves beards off 13,000 men to tackle extremism
Police says they have 'convinced' 1,700 women to remove their headscarves
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The mystery of radicalisation
Skewed narrative on terror and extremism has also misled Western leaders, such as President Barack Obama
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The militant discourse
Publications of extremist groups portray OBL as Arab royalty, who abandoned comforts of his home to lay down his life
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People in Sindh prefer assimilating rather than resisting: Ayesha Siddiqa
The scholar was addressing HRCP session on religious extremism in the province
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Not the primrose path
Maulana Maududi was the firebrand who set alight the Ahmadi issue which now obsesses many a good Muslim of Pakista
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'Jihad', the tale of three radicals, draws crowds in Belgium
The playwright is a 39-year-old, former police officer born in Brussels to a family of Moroccan origin
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REPLUG: Three years on, Bilour’s war is still on
ANP stalwart fought extremism and militancy, sacrificed himself in the process