A Basis for Middle East Islamic Extremism

Islamic extremism is a 20th and 21st century phenomenon that has shown no signs of abating as Islamic extremists have committed terrorist acts on nearly every continent. At times, such as the 10 August 2006 discovery in the United Kingdom of the home grown extremist plot to blow up several jetliners...

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Main Author: Steve A. Young
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.495.6382
http://www.picj.org/docs/issue3/A Basis for Middle East Islamic Extremism.pdf
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Summary:Islamic extremism is a 20th and 21st century phenomenon that has shown no signs of abating as Islamic extremists have committed terrorist acts on nearly every continent. At times, such as the 10 August 2006 discovery in the United Kingdom of the home grown extremist plot to blow up several jetliners over the North Atlantic Ocean, law enforcement has preempted extremists ’ efforts. At other times law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been unable to prevent the