In the final essay, "The Impact of the Wahhabi Vision," John Voll reconfirms the basic assumption stated in the early chapters: that Wahhabism is a conservative, intellectual Islamic reform movement and not a militant political platform in support of lethal, violent jihadist terrorism. In sum, although much of the content of the essays is well worth reading, as a whole they provide a relatively disjointed analysis of Wahhabism and the Saudi state and a relatively weak validation for the book's central thesis, that Wahhabism was founded as an intellectual reform movement based on strict monotheism, not as a militant political call for holy war.
QALQILIYA, West Bank (AP) - The Islamic militants of Hamas won nearly a third of the West Bank and Gaza towns up for grabs in local elections, unofficial results said Friday, cementing the group as a significant political force as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas tries to make peace with Israel. Abbas' corruption-tainted Fatah movement, which had feared defeat, did better than expected and held on to control over most of the area, winning in 45 of 84 communities. But he will no longer be able to ignore Hamas, which has long opposed negotiations with Israel.
[...] the support base for global terrorism fueled by ideology and uprooted activists remains at the tail, not at the head - it is therefore immune to many of the methods that are employed to combat insurgency. If a militant group employs terrorism as a tactic without a constructive political program over an extended period of time, it tends to push its perpetrators to the extreme and erode its more moderate supporters' faith in the cause. [...] insurgency and terrorism should be properly kept apart, even if global jihadis continue to rely, at least partly, on some local insurgencies.
Bexar County Commissioner Albert Peña and leaders of the American GI Forum complained justifiably that the "War on Poverty offered the least to Mexican Americans." Older Mexican Americans, [Clayson] writes, believed in "integration and patriotism as the most prudent paths toward economic and political empowerment." Younger and more militant Chícanos believed that "integration meant forgetting the discrimination, abuse and theft that had defined life for Mexicans in the United States." Both groups found themselves cut out of decision-making because "Anglos could not overcome their inherent ethnocentrism." Armando Rendon in the Chicana Manifesto proclaimed that the "gringo pseudoliberals and guilt ridden do-gooders" of the OEO were "trying to solve the problems of the barrios with a compl...
Somalia, which is predominantly Muslim, and Ethiopia, which is predominantly Christian, are historical rivals. In the years after 9/11, the US allied closely with Ethiopia while Somalia festered in chaos. But the swift military victory, like the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and defeat of the Taliban in 2001, would prove deceptive. The Union of Islamic Courts soon splintered; its political wing absconded to Eritrea, while its militant wing, known as al Shabaab or "the youth," pledged to wage guerilla war against the Ethiopians and the "transitional federal government" they had propped up. Al Shabaab framed their war as a nationalist struggle against foreign invaders, a religious battle against Ethiopia's mostly Christian army, and a colonial campaign against what they perceived as a US...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's army chief convened a special meeting of senior commanders Sunday following U.S. allegations that the military's spy agency helped militants attack American targets in Afghanistan, the army said. The government also summoned home the country's foreign minister early from a trip to the United States to attend a meeting of all major political parties to discuss the American allegations of support for the militant Haqqani network.
... that have supported, funded or politically backed global terrorist groups. The list includes ... falling into the hands of religious militants, is a source of anxiety for the U.S. In the eyes o...
CAIRO - For decades under Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's Islamists of all shades were disenfranchised, thrown in jail or targeted in crackdown after crackdown. Now, their tormentor of some 30 years is gone and they are rushing to claim a spot in the country's new political landscape. From the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood that long ago renounced violence to the militant groups that fought Mubarak's forces and gunned down tourists to the increasingly powerful, ultraconservative Salafis, the different groups are gearing up to contest legislative elections promised by the ruling military within six months.
The Pakistani-based militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba is being viewed increasingly by U.S. political and military leaders as a global terrorist threat. But most Pakistanis remain unaware of the group's activities and agenda and continue to give it significant support. According to the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Lashkar- e-Taiba is a Kashmiri-focused Islamist group with ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda. Since 1993, the group has carried out numerous attacks on Indian troops and civilians in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir province, as well as attacks inside India. It is thought to have several thousand members.
The only barrier separating Immaculée Ilibagiza from the crazed Hutu killers who were determined to find her and cut her to pieces with machetes was a thin plaster wall. The killers began calling out her name saying, "She's here...we know she's here somewhere...Find her - find Immaculée! Dozens of men roamed the house, shouting and cursing. "Kill the Tutsis, big and small. Kill them one and kill them all. Kill them! I was just three years old and didn't understand what was happening, but I remember fire lighting up the night sky as my mother held me tightly in her arms and we ran from our home," recalled Ilibagiza. "In our region, Hutu extremists were torching Tutsi homes one after another. My entire family stood together looking down at Lake Kivu as the fires leapt up the hill toward...
...Habyarimana's political party also began empowering a militant youth wing,...
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