Islamic Radicalism

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

Christina Patterson | Posted 04.14.2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Michael McAuliff

Severed Pig's Foot Mailed To Rep. Pete King

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) learned Monday that someone had mailed him a bloody, severed pig's foot, a person close to the Congressman said...

The Peter King Hearings: Let's Get Serious About Radicalization

Ingrid Mattson | Posted 05.25.2011

Ingrid Mattson

My message to Peter King and to the witnesses who have been called to testify is this: why don't you ask us what we have done?

Sheriff Baca, GOP Congressman Clash Over Support Of Muslim Group

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca shot back at a congressman who warned him during a congressional hearing Thursday that a Muslim group the sheriff ...

Peter King and Moderate Muslims

Harris Zafar | Posted 05.25.2011

Harris Zafar

The Muslims for Peace initiative seeks to debunk the myth that Muslims do not stand up against terrorism or that Islam promotes violence.

Peter King's Hearings Hurt Our Troops

Ashwin Madia | Posted 05.25.2011

Ashwin Madia

The hearings are a political show to play to the fringe base, not a real attempt to better our security. And, unfortunately, it comes at the expense of our troops fighting overseas.

Listen To Lupe, Ellison And Eboo: It's Time To Hear From More Muslims

Chris Stedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Stedman

As I sit here contemplating Representative Peter King's (R-NY) upcoming "Muslim radicalization" hearings, trying to discern if my stomach ache is the ...

The Raisin Factor: Does it Predict Political Outcome in Egypt?

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Terry Kelhawk

Why is the Muslim Brotherhood content to wait out democracy? Could it be because they have weighed the Raisin Factor -- a sign of religious devotion -- and smell success? The factor is a walking political survey.

Peter King Note: Islamophobia Can Create Radicalization

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

James Zogby

Islamophobia and those who promote it are a greater threat to the United States of America than Anwar al Awlaqi and his rag-tag team of terrorists.

To Really Address The Roots Of Muslim Radicalization, First Make Sure You Understand It

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

Azeem Ibrahim

Last Saturday, the British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech about how the government viewed the future of multiculturalism and Muslim commun...

Indonesia - Land of Tolerance or Terror?

Harris Zafar | Posted 05.25.2011

Harris Zafar

Indonesia once hailed itself as a moderate, diverse nation that protects freedom of religion for all its citizens, with a national motto "Bhinneka Tun...

Egypt, 'Ummah Duniyah', Roars: Hear Me Muslim Arabs, We Are All Qahirene!

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Articulate, erudite Egyptians in well cut suits assure us that Islamist democracy or fundamentalist Islam could not happen in their country, but hey, that's what we thought at the birth of Jinnah's Pakistan and look where that got us.

Tunisian Revolt Could Threaten Women's Rights

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Ida Lichter, M.D.

The country was already known for its relatively secular rule, rejection of militant Islam and reforms of women's rights. Can these rights be preserved following the Jasmine Revolution?

Keith Ellison To Peter King: Muslim 'Radicalization' Probe Will 'Vilify' Community (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, responded Monday to recent comments by a GOP colleague who promised to hold hearin...

Manufactured Muslim Identities: From Nablus to Newham, Emblems of Islamist Sympathizers

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Many British Muslims fervently erase their ethnicity with ritualistic religiosity, deliberately choosing distinction from that of their parents'. They do so in a desperate search of politicized Muslim identity, with little understanding of either Islam, or politics.

Time for FBI to Stop Spying on American Muslims

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

Wajahat Ali

The recent arrest of the potential Christmas tree bomber is reflective of the FBI's myopic strategy of using glitzy, expensive sting operations and dubious confidential informants to further erode Muslim American relations.