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WHAT'S NEXT?: Huge growth is expected over the next several decades as the world's Muslim population grows faster than every other major religious demographic, and as urbanization and rising incomes in developing countries with large Muslim populations mean more will be buying, rather than producing their own food.

The Islamic State continues to be a threat in many areas that were under its control during its takeover of large territories in the country six years ago.
Moody's expects the GCC sovereigns to continue diversifying their funding mix in favour of sukuk instruments in order to develop their Islamic debt markets and that several issuers will also need to refinance sukuk listed after 2015 that will begin to mature in the coming years.
The United States is pushing for a peace deal in Afghanistan with the hope of withdrawing all of its forces before November, and it has also cut its foreign assistance by $1 billion.
In the last two years, the global terrorist threat has ameliorated thanks to the efforts of the international coalition assembled to fight the Islamic State.
Islamic State and other terrorist groups remain a threat today, even if they no longer hold territory in Iraq.
A Palestinian revolt is likely to find support in the Arab and Muslim worlds if not among governments then among the public, and could become a cause celebre for Islamist terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, Islamic State and their offshoots.
Despite recent successes in the war on terrorism, there are three reasons that the United States will probably still face an ongoing threat for the next decade from radical Islamic terrorist groups in the Islamic world.
To wean Saudi Arabia away from its dependence on oil, the crown prince has loosened restrictions on religious visas in the hope of increasing the number of religious tourists to 25 million per year by 2025.
The potential for direct armed conflict against great power competitors remains a potent threat to US national security and remains a top priority for the Department of Defense.
Violence has increased fivefold in the last year alone, as branches of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State operate with impunity there and could launch attacks into Europe and the United States.
Palestine will have the opportunity to have an independent state within four years, provided that they disarm groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, at war with each other in the Middle East, are working together to take control of territory across a vast stretch of West Africa, US and local officials say, sparking fears the regional threat could grow into a global crisis.
Islamic State is once again on the rise in the Middle East, King Abdullah of Jordan has warned, adding that thousands of fighters moved from Syria to Libya - bringing the whole problem even closer to Europe.
The Trump administration is preparing to create a new special envoy position and task force to deal with security threats in the Sahel region of Africa, reflecting a growing alarm in Washington about the rise of extremist groups in West Africa, including ones affiliated with the Islamic State.
US allies and adversaries such as North Korea, Iran or even the Islamic State will hedge against the most ideological election in 40 years and try to add pressure to an already heated electoral campaign.
Standard & Poor's Global Ratings' Islamic Finance Outlook 2019 predicts only modest growth this year, and concludes that Islamic banks need both standardization and greater investment in fintech to accelerate growth.
All of the nearly 1,000 US troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and to help defend Iraq.
American troops will not physically monitor the temporary ceasefire in northeastern Syria between NATO ally Turkey and the Kurdish-dominated militia that the United States has backed in recent years to fight the Islamic State in that country.
The Turkish invasion has led to the release of dangerous Islamic State prisoners and widespread casualties, refugees, destruction, insecurity, and a growing threat to US military forces.
Trump noted, A small footprint of United States forces will remain at theTanf Garrison in southern Syria to continue to disrupt the remains of the Islamic State.
Chaos could present Islamic State with an opportunity to stage a revival and the SDF has been conducting operations against IS sleeper cells since capturing its final territorial foothold earlier this year.
Turkey will take control of the prisons and Islamic State prisoners, which contain fighters from all over the world who traveled to Syria to join the militant group.

Last updated: 05 October 2020

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