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On August 7, 2015, al-Mourabitoun gunmen attacked the Hotel Byblos in the central Malian town of Sevare, killing nine civilians and four Malian soldiers.
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On August 5, 2021, an al-Shabaab firing squad executed 83-year-old Hassan Tohow Fidow in Hindhere, in Somalia’s Galmudug State, for allegedly blaspheming against the Islamic prophet Mohamed.
The transformation of [Iran's] nuclear industry into one based on domestic production is very important, and teaches us about the failure of the West... The nuclear industry is one of the fundamental elements of Iran's strength and prestige...
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On August 3, 2021, a suicide car bomber and gunmen targeted the Kabul home of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi. Although Mohammadi was not at home at the time of the attack, the explosion killed eight and wounded 20 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
[ISIS-K to Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki] We are fighting with you, because you are an American project.
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On July 30, 2021, gunmen attacked a funeral in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, killing at least eight people. A local security official accused ISIS of responsibility.
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On July 31, 2021, a man from a Sunni tribe in the town of Khaldeh, Lebanon, opened fire at a wedding party, killing Hezbollah fighter Ali Chebli. The attack on the wedding party was reportedly revenge for Chebli allegedly killing a 15-year-old relative of the shooter.
By the grace of God Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate targeted a disbelieving Christian in the city of Peshawar yesterday, with pistol shots, which led to his death, and praise be to God.
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On June 26, 2022, Taliban fighters carried out a night raid, allegedly in search of a former security official, on a home in Ghor province. At least six Hazara people were killed. The attack was part of a pattern of targeted killings of minority groups and those associated with the former Afghan government.
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Location:
Eisenhower Theater
Tuesday January 27, 2026 7:30p.m.
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.