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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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The global youth summit against violent extremism that started in New York on Monday had a speaker who was once inclined towards terrorism but now prevents others from going astray. Yousef Assidiq, a former recruiter for Norway's radical outfit...
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A former Norwegian Islamist extremist told youth leaders gathered at a counter-extremism summit on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York that treating militants as “humans, not monsters” would help prevent further radicalisation.
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On Monday, the Global Youth Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) summit in New York found an unusual speaker. Yousef Assidiq, a former recruiter for Norway's radical outfit, Prophet's Ummah, shared stage with youths from various countries and spoke on how...
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The US will use all means necessary to defeat ISIS, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. Obama led a UN gathering of representatives from 100 countries, dedicated to combating the Islamic State terrorist organization. While the special anti-ISIS...
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Abdul Qayyum Jumadi, a 24-year-old Malaysian, said young people had a valuable role to play in helping affected countries counter IS’s ideology. Abdul was one of two Malaysians and two Indonesians who attended a Global Youth Summit Against Violent...
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President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin dueled at the United Nations this week over how best to defeat the Islamic State. Much of their debate was over the role Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should – or should not – play in the fight...
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Government of the United States of America (USA) have on Monday said it will take the lead in the support of global efforts of youth towards the fight against violent extremism. Lisa Monaco, a US Home Land Security Advisor to the American President...
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Nearly a year ago, the Counter Extremism Project launched with a mission to combat radicalism online and in the real world. Now, they’re holding a high-profile event tied to the U.N. General Assembly — with the State Department, the White House...
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Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa will present its experience in promoting dialogue of civilizations and countering extremism, at the Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism Monday, Adviser of Grand Mufti Ibrahim Negm stated. Some of Dar al-Iftaa’s efforts...
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Yousef Bartho Assidiq was on the path toward terrorism, part of a group whose members discussed beheadings and mass attacks. Now he tries to stop other youths from getting radicalized in his native Norway. Assidiq’s story of conversion to Islam and...
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Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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