Abigail R. Esman
ARTICLES BY: Abigail R. Esman
Investigation Finds That Dutch Program Aided Terror-Tied Groups
When "Driss M" left his home in the Netherlands to join the fight in Syria, he was, he said later, heading there to fight against...
Pew Skews Study on Muslim Girls’ Education
When a Taliban gunman shot Malala Yousafzai, then a 15-year-old student activist in Pakistan's Swat Valley, it brought long-needed attention to the struggle for girls'...
New Book Examines the World of Female and Child Palestinian Bombers
The number of Palestinian female suicide bombers are many. There was Muneira, who planned to blow herself up at a hospital near Tel Aviv. There was Jemilla,...
Female Jihadists Are a Growing Problem
Only one person could have written the book Invisible Martyrs: Inside the Secret World of Female Islamic Radicals. And thankfully, she did. Farhana Qazi, a Pakistani-American counter-terrorism...
How Quiet Islamization Threatens Secular States
While all eyes have focused on the obvious problem of Islamist violence in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, the Congo, and Muslim communities in Western European cities,...
Reading, Writing, and Jihad: Child Soldiers and a Lost Generation
The child soldiers in Yemen are many. There is "Saeed," 18, who told a reporter that "brave men become martyrs on the battlefields." As a soldier,...
The Horrors of Honor Violence in the West
She was a 15-year-old student at San Antonio's Taft High School with a soft smile and dark eyes. Like most girls her age in Texas,...
When Mental Illness Becomes an Excuse for Terrorists
It was a warm afternoon in the Netherlands on May 5 as the country celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation. Some had...
Cloak and Fashion: When a Museum Becomes a Tool for Islam
Look out, Anna Wintour. It's not you, but the world's Muslim women who now rule as the "arbiters of style within and beyond their communities." That...
Threats to Apostates ‘Most Severe’ in Muslim Countries and Beyond
It was the traditional Milad un Nabi, when Muslims commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, and the imam in a small Punjabi village had a...
Behind the Civil Rights Mask of the Women’s March Leaders
Chances are, if you supported the Women's March, you were duped. And if you are Jewish and supported the March, you were duped twice. Even before the event,...
Emerging Islamist Political Clout Accelerates Europe’s Self-Islamization
Forget the beheading videos, the ISIS propaganda on social media, and even the terrorist attacks themselves. Europe, says counterterrorism expert Afshin Ellian, is Islamizing itself....
What Exactly Is Terrorism? Why Words Matter
It is a concept and a word that has shaped politics worldwide for decades, all the more since September 11: terrorism. But what does "terrorism" really...
Radicalization in the Classroom: A Continuing Problem in European Schools
For five years, Umar Haque taught children at East London mosques and secondary schools. Then he was arrested. On March 2, Haque was found guilty of...
