Terrorism
Suicide Bomber, Homicide Bomber, What’s the Difference?
The terrorist bomb or Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has become the weapon of choice for many terrorist groups around the world. With its' ability...
The Difficulty With Words and When is a Terrorist a Terrorist?
Words are beautiful and they give us so much. Through using words we can share ideas and more importantly we can develop concepts and...
The Use of Terror as a Weapon
The terrorist attacks of 13th November, 2015 show a very significant development in the level of sophistication of IS affiliated terrorist groups. The ability...
The Rome Conference for Libya
As many as twenty-four countries gathered on February 2 last to finally decide how, to what extent and where to start opposing the Daesh/Isis...
The Biggest Short: The War on Terror
September 11th changed the trajectory of history. The attacks began what appears to be war campaign with no end in sight. While the initial...
Defensive or Offensive Jihad: Classical Islamic Exegetes vs. Contemporary Islamists’ Propagation
The main objective of Islam is to implement Allah's divinely ordained religion on Universe in its entirety. It is the nature of Islam to...
Islamic State’s appeal in Malaysia
With the recent revelations that a youth was picked up and arrested on the way to a suicide bombing, hundreds of arrests of suspected...
Don’t Fear Terror, Fight It!
Unable to conduct traditional military operations, extremist groups such as ISIL attack civilian populations with the aim of inducing fear and terror and polarizing...
Molenbeek: Ground Zero for Europe’s Terrorists
What do the terrorist attacks in Paris have in common with almost all the other attacks in Europe in the past decade? Molenbeek ....
The Biggest Threat We Face Right Now Is Not Terror, It’s Polarization
The terror attacks mounted by radicalized groups around the world are exactly that. They are terrifying attacks. By attacking civilians in what would normally...