Posts Tagged: Radicalization
Rethinking ‘Radicalization’: Dutch Researcher Discusses What Makes a Homegrown Terrorist
On November 2, 2004, Dutch filmmaker and writer Theo van Gogh left his home and set off to work, riding his bicycle as he did most...
Expensive ‘Bride Price’ May Offer Another Lure to Jihad
Some men join dating sites when looking for a wife. Other men join terror groups. In many North African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries, bride price -- a...
The Identity Crisis Fueling European Muslim Radicalization
When tanks entered the streets of Istanbul and Ankara last summer in an attempt to overthrow the Turkish government, people swarmed the streets to fight...
For Some, Sex Appeal Is Part of Jihad’s Lure
Earlier this month, the US State Department issued a new travel warning for Americans, cautioning them about traveling to Europe this summer. The extent of that warning was remarkable -- not...
Maryland Mosque Lauds Pakistani Assassin
On Sunday, an American mosque glorified a terrorist responsible for killing a Pakistani governor who was critical of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, the Rabwah Times reported. Salman Taseer, the...
New Study Emphasizes Islamism as Terrorist Foreign Fighters’ Main Motivation
Some prominent public figures and officials often claim that Islam has nothing to do with the jihadist terrorist violence spreading throughout the world. A recent...
One Year After the Paris Attacks, What the West Still Needs to Learn About Islamic Terror
On November 13, 2016, one year after Islamist terrorists killed 130 people and injured 368 others in a series of attacks across Paris, music legend Sting...
Plot to Bomb Amsterdam Synagogue — Revealed in Leaked Intelligence Reports — Latest Evidence of Unsafe Environment for Jews, Says Dutch Political Activist
A plot to bomb an Amsterdam synagogue, planned by a Muslim terrorist cell based in the Netherlands -- revealed on Thursday in leaked intelligence documents...
Europe’s Terror Challenges: The Returnee Threat
Another week has brought another barrage of headlines illustrating the depth of Europe's terror threat. The following examples came during a 24-hour window earlier this month: "Schiphol...
How George Soros’ Money and a Muslim Rights Group Undermined Homeland Security
A Muslim legal group, girded with $1.8 million in grant money from George Soros' Open Society Foundations (OSF), has helped influence major policy changes in...
No Sacred Cows? The Washington Post Continues to Defend CAIR
Let's say the Church of Scientology launched a program that it said was aimed at creating healthy work environments and bridging family divides, even for church critics. What...
How Radicalization Was Allowed to Fester in Belgium
These are the numbers, the hard facts: Twenty months. Three terrorist attacks. One hundred seventy dead. And almost all the killers grew up in, or...
Report Suggests That Radical Islamists Are Infiltrating German Military to Receive Training
A growing number of Islamist radicals are infiltrating Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, with an estimated 30 former soldiers later joining international terrorist organizations, reports the German press...
The Islamic University of Minnesota Is a Hotbed of Extremism
The Minneapolis-based Islamic University of Minnesota (IUM) has an extremism problem. It is run by a man who used a recent sermon to invoke a Hadith...
