1.0Center for Security Policyhttps://centerforsecuritypolicy.orgKyle Shidelerhttps://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/author/kshideler/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/governments-respond-to-islamists-spreading-covid-19/">Governments respond to Islamists spreading COVID-19</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/governments-respond-to-islamists-spreading-covid-19/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Governments respond to Islamists spreading COVID-19” — Center for Security Policy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-20-at-11.31.34-AM.png1030680In the Middle East and South Asia, governments are addressing the role of various Islamist groups in the spreading of the Chinese Coronavirus with mixed success. In Tunisia, the government is responding to an apparent deliberate plot to target police officers with the virus, while India handles the aftermath of an Islamist sect which served as “super spreaders” of the disease.