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Jihadists

The Big Why of Boston Bombing: Motive

Nigel Barber | Posted 04.24.2013 | Crime
Nigel Barber

They are said to have been "radicalized." This is largely a circular explanation that reduces to a name. One might as well say that they had been jihadized, zealotized, or brainwashed.

A Brief History of Western 'Jihadists'

Khaled Diab | Posted 06.16.2013 | World
Khaled Diab

What the hype over European Muslims fighting in Syria overlooks is that Westerners have been volunteering for what you can call "jihad" in foreign lands for centuries.

Iran's Long Leash

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.27.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

Although all of Syria's neighbors have been negatively impacted by the country's crisis, Iraq's sectarian tensions and the religious, historical and cultural bonds between Syrians and Iraqis connect the two states' political fates.

A True-life Thriller About America's Covert Wars

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.22.2013 | Entertainment
Erica Abeel

Few lawmakers have the guts to ask: What powers does our government have to kill people without due process? The larger question asked by Dirty Wars: What happens to us as Americans when we finally see what's hidden in plain sight?

Syrian Citizens Are Pressed Between the Regime's Rock and the Rebels' Hard Place

Ali Younes | Posted 04.01.2013 | World
Ali Younes

It is clear that there is no doubt that the regime of Bashaar al Assad is responsible for killing tens of thousands of Syrian citizens and destroying much of the country's infrastructure. But to say that is to say only part of the story.

How Not to Stage Manage the World

William Bradley | Posted 03.20.2013 | World
William Bradley

I've never been to Mali and know little about it. I have been to neighboring Algeria, but only on its Mediterranean coast. I suspect that is far closer than most of those who are making judgments on Mali today.

A New "New Cold War" in the Middle East?

Ira Chernus | Posted 01.29.2013 | World
Ira Chernus

After years of warning us about a "new cold war" with a possibly nuclear-armed Iran, you'd think the mass media would be celebrating. But no. The Times merely warns us that we have to shift our anxiety to a new target. Why?

Obama Faces Big Challenges Despite Debate Winner Romney's Latest Geopolitical Whiff

William Bradley | Posted 12.09.2012 | Politics
William Bradley

On Iran, Romney's tough talk of war has disappeared with his old business colleague and friend Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's seeming to back away from strikes, at least this year, in his UN speech last month in New York. So what does he want to do differently from the "disastrous" Obama?

Syria's Christians, Caught in the Middle of Worsening Chaos

Kurt J. Werthmuller | Posted 07.27.2012 | World
Kurt J. Werthmuller

Members of Syria's diverse Christian communities are finding themselves engulfed in the fog of war and increasingly targeted.

In Defense of Jihadist Internet Forums

Aki Peritz | Posted 06.16.2012 | Politics
Aki Peritz

Defacing and darkening extremist websites is immensely satisfying. However, the U.S. and others should not keep reminding terrorists and their followers that they are being monitored online.

Smuggled: Iraqi Weapons And Soldiers

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2012 | World

By Khalid al-Taie MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Weapons and Sunni Muslim insurgents are seeping from Iraq into Syria, Iraqi officia...

High School Student In 'Jihad Jane' Terror Case Pleads Not Guilty

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 12.24.2011 | Home

PHILADELPHIA — A high school honors student pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he helped the American terrorist dubbed "Jihad Jane" raise mone...

High School Honors Student Charged In 'Jihad Jane' Terror Plot

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 12.21.2011 | Home

PHILADELPHIA -- A high school honors student from Maryland helped the American terror suspect dubbed "Jihad Jane" plot to kill a Swedish artist and us...

Letterman's Tongue and the Jihadist

Shahid Mahmood | Posted 11.02.2011 | Comedy
Shahid Mahmood

Irony highlights our human shortcomings in the arena of ridicule. As a result, purveyors of humor are often targeted, beaten, and killed for their ability to make audiences laugh and think.

The Death of Bin Laden a Definite Game Changer Maybe

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.03.2011 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

These events could be a game changer, not just for Obama's presidency but for U.S. foreign policy as well, or they could become another excuse to keep doing the same thing.

Channeling Erik: The Insider's Guide To Death And The Afterlife

Elisa Medhus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Elisa Medhus, M.D.

As a scientist and physician, I thought I had it all figured out. You live; you die; you're done. My entire paradigm, however, underwent a cataclysmic transformation soon after the death of my son, Erik.

US Bases Abroad Trigger Suicide Terrorism: Are There Other Options?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Steve Clemons

Can it be that American military bases abroad, usually thought of as "stabilizers" in tough neighborhoods, are really the primary cause of radical terrorism against the US and its allies?

Ground Zero Mosque Sensitivity and Terrorism: Mosque Opponents Good For Terrorism, Bad for America

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Rob Kall

The game the right and their corporate media enablers are playing goes like this. "We support religious freedom but these nasty Muslims are not being sensitive to the feelings of the 911 survivors.

Pakistan: Are We Facing a Flood of Jihadists?

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Jihadi groups are moving into the flood areas with a ruthless efficiency, providing basic needs for the population. Is this new? No. Is it cause for concern? Absolutely.

Drink, Pray, Love: New Yorkers and Pacific Islanders Eschew Interference in Favor of Tolerance.

Philip Smucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Philip Smucker

A strange tale from the remote Spice Islands seems oddly prescient today, particularly as I think of the cataclysmic violence that rocked New York City nearly nine years ago.

My Brother, My Enemy: A Video Tour Behind the Front Lines of the Battle of Ideas in the Islamic World

Philip Smucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Philip Smucker

I've traveled through the Holy Land, Africa, and Asia on a quest to understand what Muslims think about America and to discover what motivates young men and women to take up arms against my own nation. Here's what I found.

The Global Village of Terrorism

Hedieh Mirahmadi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Hedieh Mirahmadi

As facts unfold in the Times Square incident, we quickly learn that terrorism training and execution has no geographical boundaries. Terror suspect Fa...

Could Jihadists Overthrow The Syrian Government?

The New Republic | Nibras Kazimi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The Obama administration has signaled in word and deed that a policy change is in the offing, a change that would accommodate the Syrian regime and no...

The New Wannabe Jihadis

Eboo Patel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Eboo Patel

Call them Chechen separatists or new world order gangstas, but don't call them jihadis. They're just wannabes who have adopted the glamorous guise of Muslim extremism.

God Is Good For You ... But Ask For The Non-Steroidal, Generic Brand

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Clay Farris Naff

The Washington Times and Fox News report on a couple of studies concluding that belief in a God is associated with relief of depression. I find it plausible that such an association exists.