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Gulf State religious moderation falls by the wayside in Pakistan

Countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar have so far turned a blind eye to mounting sectarian sentiment in Pakistan against Shiites and Ahmadis.

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Quick Hits

Quick Hits 126 – What is the point of ‘terrorist group listings’?

Jagmeet Singh called for Proud Boys to be labelled as terrorists. What is a ‘terrorist entity list’ and what does it do?

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Repeat after me: China is not our friend!

The idea that China is a responsible member of the international community is insane and the world’s nations have to stand up to its aggression.

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January 1, 2004: Bombing at concert in Indonesia

On this day in 2004 nine people were killed and 32 injured when a bomb exploded during a New Year’s Eve music concert in Indonesia’s Aceh province

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Terrorism in Nigeria appears to have no end in sight

Annual Nigerian presidential claims that terrorism is on the descendant are invariably wrong: the exact opposite is true.

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Sometimes an explosion is just an explosion

The Christmas Day bombing in Nashville has led to many, many questions and very few answers on what happened and why.

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Just because you don’t eat meat doesn’t mean I can’t: Don’t kill me for it!

We can agree to disagree on our personal choices, even those which are harmful to the planet: what we cannot do is impose our views on others violently.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Yannick Veilleux-Lepage: What do aircraft hijackings tell us about terrorist innovation?

Canadian scholar Yannick Veilleux-Lepage walks us through the ‘evolution’ of this phenomenon.

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December 12, 1969: Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan

At least 17 people were killed and another 88 killed in a bombing at the Piazza Fontana in Milan in December 1969

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December 8, 2003: Sovereign citizen attack in South Carolina

Self-proclaimed ‘sovereign citizens’ killed two South Carolina police officers in a dispute over land rights in December 2003