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...year study was sponsored by the Department of Justice. Researchers interviewed 120 Muslims in Buffalo, N.Y.; Houston; Seattle; and Raleigh and Durham in North Carolina. They also analyzed American Muslim websites and publications and studied data on prosecutions of American Muslims on terrorism-related offenses. (See the best pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism May Be Exaggerated | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Although homegrown terrorism is not a widespread problem, the report's authors warn that antiterrorism policies that alienate American Muslim communities may increase the threat. "Our research suggests that initiatives that treat Muslim-Americans as part of the solution to this problem are far more likely to be successful," said David Schanzer, director of Duke University's Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, in a statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism May Be Exaggerated | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Despite last year's spike in the number of terrorism cases involving American Muslims, fears of growing radicalization in the American Muslim community may be greatly exaggerated, according to a new study. Researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say that while homegrown Islamic terrorism is a serious issue, it remains a limited problem. (See the top 10 religion stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism May Be Exaggerated | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Titled "Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim American Communities," the report says the community has successfully limited radicalization by policing itself. It cites denunciations of terrorism, internal self-policing, community building, government-funded support services and political engagement as some of the ways the community has limited the spread of radicalization. "Many community leaders have come to recognize that [tackling radicalization] is a matter of survival," says Ebrahim Moosa, a professor of religion at Duke and a co-author of the report. "They know that radicalization threatens the community at large and are working hard to defeat it." The researchers recommend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism May Be Exaggerated | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...their successes, Kenya's security services have also made their share of mistakes, as this week has shown. On Monday, Jan. 4, the government announced it would deport a radical Muslim cleric, Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal, who had been able to enter the country on Christmas Eve for a series of sermons even though he was also on an international terrorist-watch list and had done prison time in Britain for inciting racial hatred. (Read "A Violent Crime Resurrects Kashmir's Call for Freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Danish-Cartoonist Attack: Sign of a Wider Plot? | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

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