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Defining and confronting the Salafi Jihad

Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Michael Horowitz, Qaeda, Terminology, Terrorism on Feb 11th, 2008 2 Comments »

From Assaf Moghadam In recent years, a growing number of analysts and policymakers, have referred to the doctrines guiding Al Qaeda and its associates as an ideology, and appear to have influenced the Bush administration into adopting the term as well. President Bush, for example, has characterized the 9/11 suicide hijackers as men who “kill […]

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Anarchism and Al Qaeda

Posted in Qaeda, Terminology, Terrorism, Walter Laqueur on Dec 23rd, 2007 Comments Off on Anarchism and Al Qaeda

From Walter Laqueur In a recent address, UCLA historian James Gelvin compares Al Qaeda with historical anarchism (1880-1920) and, like some other recent writers, finds great significance in their common features. Such exercises are seldom wholly in vain, but how helpful are they for a better understanding of at least one of the sides in […]

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