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A general view shows the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 10, 2016. The Tunisian parliament on Thursday approved a new banking bill to modernize financial services, a second reform called for by the International Monetary Fund after a disputed central bank law passed last month. Picture taken May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RTX2E2KH

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The family of Somane Liban, refugees from Somalia, walk through the Boise Airport after being met by their U.S.-based family members on arrival in Boise, Idaho, U.S. March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Losness - RTX30JR7

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Pope Francis waves after delivering his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi - RTX2WF55

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

A minaret of a mosque is pictured during sunset on the first day of the New Islamic Hijri year 1438 in old Islamic Cairo, Egypt October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTSQGBB

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How to Islamize an Islamic Republic: Jamaat-e-Islami in its own words

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Alia Tunisi (L) and Sharon Suval (2nd L), first grade school teachers, talk to their students during reading hour at the Hand in Hand Arab Jewish bilingual school in Jerusalem December 3, 2014. The Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem presents an almost too-perfect scene in a tense and divided city, where Jews and Arabs do daily business but rarely befriend one other. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Supporters of the far right Bayit Yehudi party headed by Naftali Bennett celebrate at the party's headquarters in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv January 22, 2013. Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged the bruised winner of Israel's election on Tuesday, claiming victory despite unexpected losses to resurgent centre-left challengers. Netanyahu has traditionally looked to religious, conservative parties for backing and is widely expected to seek out self-made millionaire Bennett, who heads the Jewish Home party and stole much of the limelight during the campaign. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Privatizing religion: The transformation of Israel’s Religious-Zionist community

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An ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jewish man walks past Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem May 26, 2013, marking the end of their basic training in the Israeli Defense Forces. Israel clinched a deal on Wednesday to abolish wholesale exemptions from military service for Jewish seminary students, ending a brief crisis that divided the ruling coalition parties. Picture taken May 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION MILITARY POLITICS)

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Religion, state, and the Jewish identity crisis in Israel

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Hawa Bah, (C) mother of Mohamed Bah and people take part in a prayer at one Saint Andrews Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York, U.S. February 24, 2017. Muslim Leaders lead a prayer action demanding response from US Attorney Preet Bharara and call for investigation and prosecution in NYPD killing of Mohamed Bah. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RTS107BH

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The future of religion and U.S. foreign policy under Trump

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Members of the Muslim community pray in the Paris Grand Mosque during an open day weekend for mosques in France, January 10, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RTX21QR1

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Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave national and party flags during a campaign event in Tunis October 12, 2014. Tunisia will hold parliamentary elections on October 26 and a presidential ballot in November. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR49W9N

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Trump has vowed to eradicate ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’ But what about ‘Islamism’?

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Sunday, April 2, 2017

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad bin Amin Madani, Foreign Ministers Sameh Shoukry of Egypt (2nd R) and Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey (R) are seen during the opening session of the OIC Istanbul Summit in Istanbul, Turkey April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Sebnem Coskun/Pool - RTX29X4Z

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Lebanon's flag flies in front of damaged windows at the Starco building in front of the site of a bomb blast, which killed Lebanon's former Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah, in downtown Beirut December 28, 2013. Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in a massive bomb blast on Friday which one of his political allies blamed on the Shi'ite Hezbollah militia. Former prime minister Saad al-Hariri accused Hezbollah of involvement in the killing of Chatah, his 62-year-old political adviser, saying it was "a new message of terrorism". REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTX16VMI

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People from the Mouride sect of Sufi Islam chant prayers in the village of Ndande, May 18, 2013. Every year, inhabitants of the village take part in a Sufi Muslim ceremony called Gamou-Ndande. The ceremony combines nights of praying and chanting as well as traditionally animist ceremonies. Picture taken May 18, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTXZWN5

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King Mohammed VI of Morocco reviews a guard of honour at the National palace during his state visit to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTSSEV6

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Newly named National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as U.S. President Donald Trump makes the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTSZJDS

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Men, including Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz (R), clear notes placed in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, to clear space for new notes ahead of the Jewish New Year, in Jerusalem's Old City September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RTSPMZT

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Protesters from the Islamic Action Front, carry pictures of the deputy overall leader of Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Zaki Bani Rsheid during a demonstration to show their solidarity with Palestinians and anger at the political arrest, after the Friday prayer in Amman November 28, 2014. Rsheid was arrested by the Jordanian authorities last week after he criticized the United Arab Emirates for issuing a list of Islamist organization it considered terrorist groups according to local media.

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The National Cathedral is shrouded in fog before the National Prayer Service, which will be attended by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTSWOA4

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