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Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following a demonstration outside Cairo University on March 26, 2014. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following a demonstration outside Cairo University on March 26, 2014. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Former Senior Fellow
14 Min Read
An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos on February 18, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte.  (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
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An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos on February 18, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
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President, Yorktown Institute
3 Min Read
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a memorial ceremony for relatives murdered by Islamic State group militants in Libya, on February 16, 2015, in the village of al-Awar in Egypt's southern province of Minya. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a memorial ceremony for relatives murdered by Islamic State group militants in Libya, on February 16, 2015, in the village of al-Awar in Egypt's southern province of Minya. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nina Shea
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
4 Min Read
Spent bullet shells litter the ground as a member of the Islamist-linked militia of Misrata walks past following three days of battles in the area of Tripoli's International airport, on August 21, 2014. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Spent bullet shells litter the ground as a member of the Islamist-linked militia of Misrata walks past following three days of battles in the area of Tripoli's International airport, on August 21, 2014. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Distinguished Fellow
3 Min Read
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