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Shabaab responds to FDD’s Long War Journal study on its suicide bombings
Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, responded to FDD’s Long War Journal’s recent study on its suicide bombings through an article published on its Shahada News Agency. While...
Op-eds
How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics
A new wrinkle in the Islamic Republic’s continuing political crisis
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Shabaab official justifies attacks on civilians while preaching the sanctity of Muslim blood
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Egypt Launches Massive Anti-terrorism Operation ahead of March Elections
In a surprise move, Egypt launched a massive anti-terrori...
Policy Briefs
Saudi Arabia’s Troubling Educational Curriculum
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Congressional Testimonies
Whoever Wins Iran’s Election, Its Religious Minorities Lose
What will Iran’s May 19 presidential election mean for the Baha’i, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious group? Given that every candidate was handpicked by Supreme Leader...
Op-eds
AQIS Fits Into al Qaeda’s Global Strategy
While al Qaeda’s affiliate in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) may be regionally focused, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says “...
Op-eds
The Battle of Bangladesh
Over the past ten months, there have been more than 30 terrorist attacks in Bangladesh. In recent days, an Italian aid worker was gunned down as he went for a jog. Also shot to death was a Cathol...
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Extreme Makeover, Jihadist Edition: Al-Qaeda’s Rebranding Campaign
Since the Islamic State made its dramatic military advance from Syria into Iraq more than a year ago — capturing...
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He Served Saddam. He Served ISIS. Now Al Douri May Be Dead.
He’s been on the loose since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and despite a $10 million bounty for his capture always managed to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, but now Iraqi officia...
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Violent Extremist vs. Holy Warrior
Is Barack Hussein Obama wrong to avoid appending “Islamic,” “Muslim,” “Islamist,” or even “jihadist” to the terrorism that has struck the West with...
Op-eds
The Human Rights Situation in Iran
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to appear before you today and to address a subject that, in my view, deserves more attention than it currently receives in the international debate over I...
Congressional Testimonies
Après Putin, Le Déluge?
At first blush, Ilan Berman’s timing could hardly be worse. His new book, Implosion: Th...
Op-eds
A Chance for the New Iranian President to Prove He’s a Reformer
Co-authored by Linda Frum The inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran on Sunday has stirred considerable hope among some Western observers for the start of a new era...
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Holy Wars
Not Muslims against infidels – Muslims against Muslims.
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Springtime for Salafists
Rampaging Islamist vigilantes are cracking down on free expression -- and ruining Tunisia's Arab Spring.
Op-eds
The Great Salafi Gamble
In serving their patrons in Saudi Arabia, ultraconservative religious Salafis are stirring violent protests and flexing political muscle in North Africa and fledgling Arab democracies. But the in...
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Into Africa
Al Qaeda and its affiliates are gaining a foothold.
Op-eds
Senior al Qaeda Ideologue Freed in Mauritania
Family members of top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Hafs al Mauritani have confirmed that he was freed this past weekend. Abu Hafs was transferred from Iran, where he had lived since late 2001, to Mauri...