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How the collapse of ISIS containment at al-Hol could reshape regional security — and deepen Syria's crisis of impunity

When The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that up to 20,000 ISIS-affiliated detainees had disappeared from Syria's al-Hol camp, it wasn't describing a routine breach. It was describing the possible ...
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More Countries Ban Muslim Brotherhood

For 92 years, the global Muslim Brotherhood has managed to create franchises across the world. Despite a rise in power in several countries after the Arab Spring revolutions, the group is witnessing ...
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Guest Column: Palestinian TV Teaches Kids The Way to 'Jihad Street'

Every day, hundreds of millions of children in more than 120 countries settle in to watch their local versions of "Sesame Street" or similar shows inspired by the Muppet model. They learn to read, to ...
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Examining Islamic Group's Ties to Hamas

The following is an excerpt from "CAIR's Antisemitism Unmasked" by Steven Emerson and the Staff of the Investigative Project on Terrorism (2023). CAIR emerged out of the Islamic Association for ...
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American Islamists Mourn MB Cleric Who Defended Hitler and Called for Murdering Jews

American Islamists rushed to offer tributes this week to a radical Egyptian cleric and spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who had a long-established support for violent jihad and murdering ...
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A Weekend with American Muslims for Palestine: Awad Says CAIR Fights Zionism "On a Daily Basis"

Its leaders won't condemn terrorist groups like Hamas or Hizballah, but the founder and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says his organization deals with "Zionism ...
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Ex ISIS Brides Further Link IHH Aid Organization to Terrorists

To some, it's a humanitarian organization. To others, it's a one-stop shopping spot for terrorism. The truth is, it is both: and that's what makes it so dangerous. The Turkish Foundation for Human ...
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CAIR's Antisemitism Fails to Draw Media Scrutiny

This article originally was published by the Algemeiner. This is Part 1 of a two-part series excerpted from an Investigative Project on Terrorism book being published early next year on CAIR's long ...
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A Red Carpet for Radicals at the White House

A year-long investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has found that scores of known radical Islamists made hundreds of visits to the Obama White House, meeting with top ...
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UAE Designates CAIR, MAS as Terrorist Groups

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) cabinet approved a comprehensive list of 83 designated terrorist organizations Saturday, the WAM Emirates News Agency reports. The list includes various al-Qaeda ...
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Forty Years After Foucault's Death, His (Mis)Understanding of Islamism Lives On

11/5/1979: Closeup of Michel Foucault smiling, French philopsopher and historian. Photo Credit: Bettmann/Bettmann via Getty Images Forty years ago, on June 25, 1984, the French philosopher Michel ...
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A Decade After Egypt's June 30th Revolution, the Ripple Effects Still Felt Across the Middle East

Thousands of demonstrators in Egypt's Tahrir Square demanding the resignation of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. June 30, 2013 Image by: Muhammad Mansour, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...