by editor | May 25, 2010 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Education, Islam, Religion
by Steven R. Corman For some time people who think about the problem of terrorism have faced a puzzling question: Why is it that some Muslims who hold fundamentalist or radical beliefs about Islam become violent, while others don’t? New research shows that the...
by halverson | May 18, 2010 | Analysis, Government, Islam, Movements, Muslim Brotherhood, Politics, Publications, Religion
by Jeffry R. Halverson The following is a summary of some arguments from my new book, Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam: The Muslim Brotherhood, Ash’arism, and Political Sunnism, published by Palgrave Macmillan. It offers an explanation of why fundamentalist...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | White Papers
by Mark Woodward, Ali Amin & Inayah Rohmaniyah Although the International Crisis Group’s reports on radicalism in Indonesia are extremely detailed and well informed, their recommendations tend to be short-term solutions aimed at preventing terrorist acts in the...
by editor | May 13, 2010 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Indonesia, Movements, Southeast Asia
by Steven R. Corman The Consortium for Strategic Communication has released a new white paper by Mark Woodward, Ali Amin, and Inayah Rohmaniyah entitled Lessons from Aceh Terrorist De-Radicalization. The full white paper can be downloaded here. The executive summary...
by lundry | May 11, 2010 | Indonesia, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry Indonesian police have continued to make arrests of those with suspected ties to terrorism, including 14 people in the last week. Remarkably, many of those arrested have direct ties to firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Basyir and the organization he founded...