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| Mosques as Barracks in America -- beyond case studies | |
| 2011-06-07 | |
 During August 2007, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) released "Radicalization in the West - The Homegrown Threat." This insightful 90-page report evaluated the threat that had become apparent since 9/11/2001, analyzing the roots of recent terror plots in the United States, from Lackawanna in upstate New York to Portland, Ore., to Fort Dix, NJ. Based upon these case-study analyses of individuals arrested for jihadist activity, the authors concluded that the "journey" of radicalization that produces homegrown jihadists began in so-called "Salafist" ("fundamentalist" to non-Muslims) mosques characterized by high levels of Sharia-Islamic Law-adherence. The landmark study just published, "Sharia and Violence in American Mosques" (Kedar M, Yerushalmi D. The Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2011, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 59-72) sought to expand considerably upon the NYPD's post-hoc, case study approach-systematically gathering objective survey data, with much greater methodological rigor-and address these two a priori questions: I) Is there a robust association between observable measures of religious devotion, coupled to Sharia-adherence in US mosques, and the presence of violence-sanctioning materials at these mosques?; and II) Is there a robust association between the presence of violence-sanctioning materials at a mosque, and the advocacy of jihadism by the mosque's leadership via recommending the study of these materials, or other manifest behaviors?
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 ISLAMERICA/AMERABIA versus * DER SPIEGEL > TOP AFGHAN SECURITY ADVISOR [Spanta]: THE STREAM OF NEW INSURGENTS IS "ALMOST ENDLESS". ARTIC = Pakistan has approxi 40,000 Madrassas capable of fomenting seemingly endless waves of new Insurgents-Jihadists to fight either the US-NATO, e.g attacks agz German troops, andor the PAK Govt. per se. COMPLEX NETWORK OF AL-QAEDA, TALIBAN, + PAKISTANI GOVT.- BACKED SUPPORTERS. PAKISTAN'S STRATEGY IS TO UNILATER TAKE OVER OR DOMINATE AFGHANISTAN WIDIN 1-2 YEARS AFTER US WITHDRAWAL. and * BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Deccan Herald] PAKISTAN HAS BECOME A BATTLEGROUND: HAQQANI [PAK Envoy to US], espec as per CORRUPTION/PERVERSION OF DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-06-08 00:08 |
| #1 81% of mosques have jihad-promoting materials? When 81% of the mosque population acts upon these materials, I wouldn't give very good odds on their continued survival. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-06-07 17:20 |