Word: jihadization
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...underdogs," says Ziauddin Sardar, a British scholar of Islam, "and that's one reason why Afro-Caribbean people have found its message very attractive." Prison authorities have allowed imams to bring literature into the jails--everything from copies of the Koran to anti-American leaflets highlighting the importance of jihad. Only since Reid's arrest has there been any vetting of the publications...
...mediating the conflict, with Powell pushing for engagement and Dick Cheney arguing for a freer rein for Sharon. That division, presided over by an inexperienced President, resulted in paralysis. Once Bush declared a global war on terror, Arafat's failure to curb terrorist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad made the hard-line position unimpeachable. But partly at the prodding of nervous Arab allies, the U.S. has begun to look for ways to nudge the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Last week the State Department latched onto a tentative offer made by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
...tank bombing embodied the unpredictable nature of the threat posed by militant Palestinian groups. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Committees of Popular Resistance, which includes Arafat's Fatah organization as well as the terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Though it has adopted Hamas' suicide-bombing strategy, Fatah wants to improve its image from that of a bunch of terrorists attacking civilians to one of an independence movement fighting Israeli oppressors. Strikes against soldiers at checkpoints play to the Palestinian street, since those barriers are commonly seen as symbols of humiliation. And Fatah leaders think continued assaults...
...little that Khaksar has divulged - to an American general and his intelligence aide -is tantalizing. For example, after the loss of Kandahar, elements of the Taliban and al-Qaeda formed a new group based in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Called "al Farkan," its goal was to wage jihad against the American presence in Afghanistan. Khaksar says that there are people in the ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency, who know about this and may be involved. He says that the ISI agents are still mixed up with the Taliban and al-Qaeda and that the ISI recently assassinated an Afghan...
...Christian and Muslim leaders from the eastern Maluku Islands signed a deal to end sectarian violence that has killed thousands of civilians over the past three years. Negotiators met on neighboring Sulawesi island and signed an agreement to surrender all weapons and set up joint security patrols. But Laskar Jihad militants from Java, responsible for a sharp escalation in the fighting last year, were not represented...