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- ↑ Nauta, Arjen. "Radical Islam, Globalisation and Social Media: Martyrdom Videos on the Internet¹." Margaret and Frank (2013): 121.
- ↑ Tavares, Rodrigo. "South America." Handbook of Governance and Security (2014): 228.
- ↑ Zaia, Sophia Luiza. "Autonomy and Foreign Policy: the Brazilian Case on the Fight Against Terrorism in the Lula administration." Meridiano 47-Journal of Global Studies 19 (2018).
- ↑ Robin Yapp (3 April 2011). "Brazil latest base for Islamic extremists". The Telegraph.
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