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Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media sites.
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The Arena
FDD's Daveed Gartenstein-Ross speaks with Michael Coren about charities that are funneling money to jihadist groups. more...
Uncharitable Organizations
In 1997, employees of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (AHIF), a Saudi-based charity, were mulling how best to strike a blow against the United States in East Africa. According to the U.S. Treasury Department... more...
The Challenges of Gun Control: Denying Firearms to Terrorists
Following several tragic mass shootings, the U.S. is embroiled in a debate about gun control. The central question for many involved in this debate is, since the right to bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment... more...
Homegrown Terror is Real, But You Won’t Find It Online
Homegrown terrorism has become a topic of discussion in both Canada and the United States. A study by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service found that violent extremists in Canada are more often citizens... more...
HuffPost Live
The U.S., E.U. and Japan are giving millions to fund weapons, troops and air strikes in Mali. But is statesmanship, more than a call to arms, needed for a ceasefire? more...
French Defeat of Islamist Militants May Be Fleeting
French forces pushing Islamist militants out of their last strongholds in northern Mali have been met with cheers and gratitude. Only there may not be time for much celebration. French officials are already... more...
America’s Morning News
The Malian conflict and possible connections to Benghazi. more...
White House Now Connecting Al Qaeda to Algeria Attack via ‘Mr. Marlboro’
The Obama administration says it believes that the militants responsible for the recent terror attack at a BP gas facility in Algeria were working with "elements of Al Qaeda," as they attempt to solidify the... more...
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
France is running up against some significant challenges in Mali, including a weak Malian government; confusion about who is considered a “civilian” and thus not lawfully targetable; how to handle... more...
Where Should Mali’s Militants Be Detained?
During the course of the intervention in Mali led by France and members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), militants from the north will inevitably be captured. more...
The John Batchelor Show
The French intervention in Mali and the hostage crisis in Algeria. more...
In Amenas Attack Brings Global Jihad Home to Algeria
The French military intervention in Mali and a militant attack on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in which at least 38 workers died have re-energized international jihad. These events also closed a loop... more...
News Update
The Algeria hostage raid and possible Canadian involvement. more...
America’s Morning News
Hillary Clinton's upcoming testimony on the September 11 Benghazi attack. more...
One-Eyed Terror Leader’s Government Connections
The Jihadist mastermind of last week’s deadly raid on a natural gas facility in the Sahara Desert may once have worked as an agent for Algeria’s secretive internal security agency (Département du... more...
What the Osama bin Laden Raid Discovered on al-Qaeda’s Links in Algeria
The disaster in Algeria this week began when militants seized a remote, multinational gas complex in the desert and ended when the Algerian military staged a guns-blazing “rescue” attempt. more...
Looking for al-Qaeda in Algeria
Perhaps the most significant question surrounding last week’s hostage crisis in Algeria, reportedly masterminded by a 40-year-old Islamist militant named Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has to do with the role of al-Qaeda... more...
Algerian Allegations Against Canada Lead to Diplomatic Spat
Allegations by Algeria that a Canadian citizen masterminded a recent hostage-taking at a natural gas plant in the North African country has set off a diplomatic spat with Canada. more...