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Islamic Radicalism

Jaweed Kaleem

New Survey On Anti-Muslim Discrimination Reveals Surprising Results

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 05.07.2013 | Religion

After the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were revealed to be Muslims who investigators said were motivated in part by radical Islam, American Muslim...

How Did Anwar Awlaki Radicalize The Boston Bombers?

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.01.2013 | Religion
Azeem Ibrahim

He studied engineering, education and human resources, but somehow never got round to Islam. He did not claim to have any qualifications from an Islamic seat of learning, nor even claim to have any from a secular academic institution's course on Islam.

Justice Is Not Enough!

Muqtedar Khan | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Muqtedar Khan

How do we teach young Muslims to struggle for justice, but without resorting to terror tactics? How do we teach them that a just cause is not a justification for unjust means?

After the Boston Attack: The Terrible Truth about Terrorism

Carlo Strenger | Posted 04.17.2013 | Science
Carlo Strenger

We would all like terrorism to disappear, but this is wishful thinking. There is no alternative to keeping a clear and cool mind, even in the face of the horror perpetrated by terrorist acts. If we lose our minds, terrorism wins.

My Father-in-law's Political Islam Problem, and My Own

David Mednicoff | Posted 03.02.2013 | World
David Mednicoff

My father-in-law listened to this reasonable set of points, all easily verifiable in the Arab world and in accordance with my experience living in a variety of countries in the region. Then he asked me about stoning in Pakistan, blasphemy cases in several Arab states and recent events in Egypt.

Terror Suspects Highlight Challenge Of New Converts For Muslim Community

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 01.21.2013 | Religion

UPLAND, Calif. — Three of the young men swept up in a federal terrorism probe grew up in the Southern California suburbs where they played pick-...

Missing the Target: France's Homegrown Jihadis

Barry Lando | Posted 12.08.2012 | World
Barry Lando

While France has spent billions of Euros over the past ten years to battle the threat of radical Islam in Central Asia, they find once again the threat is homegrown, fostered in their own schools, decaying neighborhoods and prisons.

Salman Rushdie and the Right to Offend

Carlo Strenger | Posted 11.26.2012 | World
Carlo Strenger

Salman Rushdie's memoir Joseph Anton rebels against the reduction of The Satanic Verses to an insult to Islam. I agree. But modern liberal democracies, freedom of thought and expression are impossible without the right to offend.

Repel Evil With What Is Better

Imam Abdullah Antepli | Posted 11.25.2012 | Religion
Imam Abdullah Antepli

One of the consistent messages of the holy Quran is: "The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one, which is better." In last few weeks, we witnessed too many Muslims fail miserably to uphold these central ideals.

Keep Calm and Carry Forward

Christopher Holshek | Posted 11.21.2012 | World
Christopher Holshek

The violent riots that have been going on at U.S. embassies and other places in the "Arab Spring" countries in particular are certainly cause for alarm, but what's really going on here?

What's the Most Islamic Approach to Islamophobia?

Melody Moezzi | Posted 11.18.2012 | World
Melody Moezzi

We must ask ourselves, both as Muslims and as responsible global citizens: What is the most effective and responsible way to respond to an offensive film or cartoon or other form of expression that has gained popularity for one reason or another?

Who Will Define Islam?

Ben Daniel | Posted 11.12.2012 | Religion
Ben Daniel

Will we let the radical fringe of three faiths define Islam for us? The stakes are high. The fearful disinformation being disseminated can lead to warfare abroad and to the limitation of civil rights at home.

Andrea Stone

Muslim Radicalization Feud Ongoing In Hearing Series

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The latest hearing in a series designed to explore the roots of Islamist terrorism appeared to advance the ball little Wednesday as a co...

TorbjĆørn Jagland, Council of Europe Secretary-General: "If We Don't Act Now, Dark Forces Will Take Over"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 08.19.2012 | World
Elisabeth Braw

As Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Jagland is charged with promoting "greater unity" in Europe. In an interview with Metro, he explained why radicalization is such a dangerous threat.

Teargas and Mirrors: Strange Days in Tunisia

Mischa Benoit-Lavelle | Posted 06.18.2012 | World
Mischa Benoit-Lavelle

With the world's attention on bombs in Syria and a potential coup d'Ʃtat in Egypt, it's quite possible that the truth about what's going on in this little country on the Mediterranean may soon be lost in teargas and mirrors.

Abu Qatada's Freedom Might Be the Price We Pay for Ours

Christina Patterson | Posted 04.14.2012 | World
Christina Patterson

Most people don't seem to be very happy that a man who has called for mass murder has been let out of jail.

CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution In Middle East

ABC News | MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS (@Brianross) | Posted 11.21.2011 | World

In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and th...

Intelligence Debacle: Terrorist Group Captures CIA Infiltrators

AP | By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.21.2012 | World

WASHINGTON -- Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA's spy network in Lebanon, severely damaging the intelligence agency's ability to gather vital ...

Andrea Stone

Counterterrorism Czar Resists Muslim Labels, As Critics Say Right-Wing Threat Looms Larger

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.17.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The federal government's point man working to counter homegrown violent extremism and defend communities from terrorist attacks isn't in...

Tony Blair: Muslims were not 'Radicalised" By Iraq Invasion (Video)

BBC | Posted 11.10.2011 | Home

Tony Blair has denied that military intervention in the Middle East has radicalised Muslims and encouraged them to engage in acts of terrorism. The...

As 9/11 Anniversary Approaches, a Call for Balance

Mark Potok | Posted 10.24.2011 | Politics
Mark Potok

The truth is that intelligence experts with far more integrity than Gingrich or others who have specialized in demonizing Muslims agree that homegrown jihadists now pose more of a direct threat to America than al Qaeda.

Islamist Terrorism and the Prevent Strategy

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 10.01.2011 | World
Azeem Ibrahim

Despite the recent assassination of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda inspired terrorism remain the biggest threat to the UK's national security.

Would-Be Terror Suspect On Trial In Arkansas Soldier Slay

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 09.17.2011 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An attorney for a man charged with capital murder told potential jurors Monday that half their work was already done, acknow...

A Shock of Peroxide-Blonde Hair

Shahid Mahmood | Posted 08.30.2011 | Politics
Shahid Mahmood

Geert Wilders judges others based on ethnicity. He is well known for his anti-immigration politics and routinely refers to himself as a "Dutch freedom...

Terry Jones' America Is A Dangerous Place To Be

Ethan Casey | Posted 06.07.2011 | Religion
Ethan Casey

Terry Jones' latest antic, and the resulting deaths of innocent people in Afghanistan, leaves me feeling angry and disgusted. When will we begin taking responsibility for our own extremists?