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by Abdul Arts
Afghan refugee in Iran
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Singapore
Omani boys on holiday
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The above header was created for me by the cartoonist, Abdul Arts (see cartoon below), a Somali refugee in Egypt. He knows something about the topic of this blog as his brother, the spokesman for the mayor of Mogadishu, was blown up by extremists in late December.
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About me
In fall 2007, I started working for the Kabul Center for Strategic Studies, a think tank founded by Afghans based in Kabul, Afghanistan, to build Afghan policy research expertise.
In 2006 Palgrave published a book I cowrote, "Jihad and International Security," with Jalil Roshandel.
Now I'm watching what I see to be the last gasp of a nonviable movement: militant, insurgent jihadism. This movement has killed many more Muslims than polytheists, infidels, or non-Muslims. It has also done more to damage the image of Islam than any other force in 1400 years of Islamic history.
In 2006 Palgrave published a book I cowrote, "Jihad and International Security," with Jalil Roshandel.
Now I'm watching what I see to be the last gasp of a nonviable movement: militant, insurgent jihadism. This movement has killed many more Muslims than polytheists, infidels, or non-Muslims. It has also done more to damage the image of Islam than any other force in 1400 years of Islamic history.
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"Prior to 9/11, who in the modern West ever worried about Islam? The jihadists have succeeded in casting suspicion on an entire religion, a substantial percentage of the world’s population, and centuries of Islamic history, in addition to all the widows and orphans they have created.
"It is unfortunate that Muslims who don’t terrorize people can’t command headlines. But that’s the way the media operates, if it bleeds it leads."
Me, Sharon Chadha, in an interview by Pooja at Instablogs.
"It is unfortunate that Muslims who don’t terrorize people can’t command headlines. But that’s the way the media operates, if it bleeds it leads."
Me, Sharon Chadha, in an interview by Pooja at Instablogs.
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What do the experts think about Jihad and International Security?
Bruce Lawrence, Professor of Islamic Studies, Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University
The authors of this welcome volume ask the hard questions about the ideology motivating global jihadists; they also provide some balanced and sensible policy recommendations. Both for its overview and its practicality, this book will stand apart from others. It deserves a wide readership, not just in government circles, but for all those concerned to understand how the war on terror is to be fought and won.
Michael Rubin, Editor, Middle East Quarterly
Jalil Roshandel and Sharon Chadha have written the definitive account of Jihadism. With clarity, breadth, and depth, they delve into the men, money, and ideas which support this lethal phenomenon in the Middle East and around the world. Jihad and International Security should be a must-read for policymakers, journalists, and anyone wanting to understand the roots, ideology, and tactics of what is today perhaps the West's greatest challenge.
Daniel Pipes, Director, Middle East Forum
In a spare and focused analysis, Roshandel and Chadha explain the where-what-how-and-who of jihad, the concept that inspires Islamist violence. They convincingly trace its intellectual origins and survey its current manifestations, and conclude with smart insights for countering this worldwide scourge.
Steven Spiegel, Director, Middle East Regional Security Program, Burkle Center, UCLA
Roshandel and Chadha have written a tough, hard nosed primer on al Qaeda and the global jihad movement. They provide a basic introduction to the network's history, actions, tactics, organization, and financing, as well as the methods that have been used to fight it. They also review al Qaeda's statements, ideology, philosophy, and interpretation of Islam.
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- On Saddam's non-relationship with Al Qaeda
- Are last night's would-be bombers in London relate...
- And here is an amazing photo of the Blue Mosque in...
- Friday prayers, Senossa, Mali
- Mother and child, Nigeria
- West Africa does seem to be of increasing interest...
- Tehran grows more isolated by the day
- Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, on the current ...
- A Classicist takes the pulse of the modern Middle ...
- If you think Israelis treat Palestinians bad, look...
- Gas is cheap in Iran - well, if you can get it
- And just I was feeling a bit smug myself...
- Smug alert: Beware of good news from Iraq
- This guy must have a bad case of Islamophobia....O...
- Here's what the doctor is ordering for Hamas
- And now a break from jihad
- A Tuareg chief at the annual Festival at the Desert
- Or will Al Qaeda youth soon be joining Tuareg danc...
- Will Al Qaeda youth now be joining Tuareg bands?
- Wow, could China really be worse than the West?
- Remember this casus belli? (That is, justificatio...
- Does this crackdown really mean Iran is cracking up?
- Is this how Marines really see the media? Ya think?
- More evidence Al Qaeda in Iraq is losing its grip
- Daniel Pearl's parents on Daniel's legacy
- An Iranian American Jew sorts out what exactly tha...
- Live from Baghdad: New Sunni alliance forming to ...
- General Petraeus speaks to the London Times from B...
- "Awful Insurgents" as opposed to, um, Minutemen
- Hamas speaks
- Bangladesh
- Here is last night's preview into today's Battle f...
- Can the Senate Intelligence Committee use harsher ...
- Palestine: Is reality on the horizon?
- Darfur, Sudan
- Darfur, Sudan
- The world's failing states - Who are they and why ...
- Will there be one or two Palestines?
- Europe not in danger of becoming Eurabia
- Is Al Qaeda really in the Sahel area of Africa?
- Even the Arab states appear to have had it with Hamas
- The WSJ's assessment of why the Palestinians used ...
- The day after the revolution: A report from Gaza
- If you think some Westerners have a bad case of Is...
- As the NYT puts process over substance it seems to...
- I wonder when these war crimes will be prosecuted
- Interesting War on Terror statistics
- Another sign that the Taliban is desperate?
- U.S. sets new rules in favor of terrorists who ope...
- Dubai, UAE
- Iraqi voter
- Will the promotion of democracy in the Middle East...
- Some more history
- And another report from Baghdad
- Live from Baghdad: "A fundamental struggle is bein...
- Memo to allies: Don't get defensive, just clean up
- What the Al-Marri v. Wright decision really implies
- A brief history of communism (but a rather long bl...
- Art from Iran
- Syria
- There are fatwas and there are more fatwas and the...
- F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Is the tribal alliance against Al Qaeda splinterin...
- White people no longer shouldering all of civiliza...
- Images from Albania
- Albanian mosque
- No kidding, a Muslim country that loves Bush
- The NYT on the Rules of Jihad
- The mood in Israel
- The case for doing nothing to advance Middle East ...
- A reality check from Afghanistan
- Another offer to mediate Middle East peace, this t...
- Iran seems to be bringing all sorts of old enemies...
- Some more irony: The Jewish case for anti-Semitism
- The ironic things we long for
- A Gaza housewife expresses relief at hearing Israe...
- Iraqi kids: "We want sahel!" Not.
- Is this Iraqi man really dreaming only of "sahel"?
- Iraq: the country of perpetual "sahel"?
- "A key link in the VBIED network has been removed"
- A Somali cartoonist sent me this for posting
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- Oil
- What do experts think of Saudi Arabia's growing in...
- What happened to the Islamic Society of Boston's l...
- The anniversary of the Six Day War
- Khalizad at the UN: Will his charm work to win fri...
- Jihadists in America: "The gang that couldn't shoo...
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- Bahrain
- Bahrainis debate freedom of expression in the cont...
- Iran helps the Americans in Afghanistan?
- Guyana
- More background on JFK's would-be bombers
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Recent publications
- Interview in Farsi at Washington Prism on Jihad and International Security
- Jihad and International Security (Palgrave, 2006)
- Interview on Jihad and International Security
- The Iran-Al Qa'ida Link
- What is al-Qaeda Management Doing in Iran?
- Iran's Hegemonic Aspirations Versus Strategic Realism
- CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment
- CAIR's Hate Crimes Nonsense
- CAIR Founded by "Islamic Terrorists"?
- Telephoning the Enemy
- Lynne Stewart, Jihadi Lawyer
- George Soros Teaches the FBI Tolerance
- U.S.-Saudi Relations and the (irrelevant) Court of Public Opinion
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