Obsession with Attackers’ Backgrounds Misses the Point of Terrorism
As the United States grapples with multiple attacks over the past couple of weeks, the…
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Orlando Tragedy and the Tangled History of Jihad and Homosexuality
The first jihad of the modern era was not against the West, but against gay Muslims.
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Countering the “Countering Violent Extremism” Program
“P2P: Challenging Extremism” is a new State Department-sponsored program that enlists American college students to…
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Tweeting ISIS Attacks: A Lesson in Not Learning a Lesson
After Friday’s horrific attacks on Paris, France, leaving 129 dead, hundreds wounded, a nation traumatized,…
Read MoreLindsey Graham and Al Qaeda Share the Same “Allahu Akbar”
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Inventing “Jihad”
Last week, in the wake of Russian-led investigation, it was reported that when Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in Russia he was, in fact, more eager to wage war than the Islamist contacts he had traveled to find. Accounts reveal that he arrived in Russia with “an avid interest in waging jihad.”
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Don’t Blame Religion for Boston Bombings
As soon as it became clear that the older of the two suspects in the Boston bombing had become a more fervent Muslim in recent years, commentators began to point to religion as the culprit. But is it?
Read MoreMuslims Lie, and Other Myths
A new document sets the record straight (though you won’t find anything on the president).
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Jihad of Islamophobes
What are we to make of Robert Spencer’s admission?
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Lurid Picture of Nigeria’s Muslims in Newsweek
The outspoken ex-Muslim author has taken some liberties with the truth to cobble together a story that paints Islam as a religion of extremism and violence.
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