http://www.wikio.com/search=Jeffrey Imm Wikio - Jeffrey Imm http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69418863 A member of the International Solidarity Movement. Left/Jihad Nexus Update: "York County native gets 31/2 years for helping Hamas," by Nichole Dobo for The Evening Sun, August 23 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): A 33-year-old York County native was sentenced Thursday... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:21:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69418863 2008-08-29T14:21:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69067606 And shots were fired at U.S. consulate staff in Peshawar. Pakistan Jihad Update: "Blast at Pakistan rally, shots fired at U.S. vehicle," from Reuters, August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A blast hit a rally promoting... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:06:26 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69067606 2008-08-26T21:06:26Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69052293 Opening soon in the North West Frontier Province The Taliban soldiers on in the North West Frontier Province, defying the ban that was just put on the group. They don't like barber shops because men run the risk of... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:01:11 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69052293 2008-08-26T19:01:11Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69039322 Gee, who could they be? "Somalia: Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Bullet Damages," from the Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu), August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): A plane that transports Khat to Kismayo town has unpredictably landed at KM50 airport in... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:18:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69039322 2008-08-26T17:18:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69039323 A strike against the governing order. "Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq recruits," from Reuters, August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowd of... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:10:45 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69039323 2008-08-26T17:10:45Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69006772 And this "excess of confidence" was nourished by their general ignorance of the nature of the jihad ideology, and of the tenacity and patience it would inspire in the Taliban. "Taliban threat ‘underestimated,'" by John Thornhill in Financial Times, August... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:58:12 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69006772 2008-08-26T12:58:12Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69006780 Not just one, as we noted yesterday. "Two girls attempting suicide bombings caught by Iraq's Diala police," from KUNA, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD, Aug 25 (KUNA) -- Iraqi police said Monday that they arrested two teenage girls... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:10 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=69006780 2008-08-26T12:25:10Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68955363 Watch Fitna Free speech is under concerted assault by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which is putting pressure on the UN and Western governments to criminalize speech about Islam that they deem offensive (which includes speech about Islam... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:06 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68955363 2008-08-26T01:04:06Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68945978 A clear statement of intent, and a warning for prospective dhimmis, in Nigeria's Kano state. "‘We are in power to implement Sharia,'" by Nasiru Muhammad for the Daily Triumph, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): KANO state governor, Malam Ibrahim... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:14:56 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68945978 2008-08-25T23:14:56Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68948986 Pirates running wild Piracy as a jihadist activity has a pedigree at least as old as the Barbary conflicts with Europe and the new United States, and the Islamic slave raiding pirates vividly described in Giles Milton's book White... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:07:04 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68948986 2008-08-25T23:07:04Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68871297 No surprise here. Philippine Jihad Update: "MILF raiders linked to JI," by Paolo Romero for The Philippine Star, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): Rogue commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have strong ties with extremists, including the... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:20:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68871297 2008-08-25T11:20:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68864259 But do they do the Taliban? Because the saintly Taliban would not and could not do this. Right? "‘Taliban not burning girls' schools,'" from APP, August 24 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): ISLAMABAD: Various gangs of criminals are active in... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:00:52 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68864259 2008-08-25T10:00:52Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68860383 Sometimes, human nature cannot quite give way altogether to violent fanaticism. "Iraqi woman with bomb vest turns herself in," from The Associated Press, August 24 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD: U.S. military officials say a woman wearing a bomb-laden vest... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:25:47 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68860383 2008-08-25T09:25:47Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68695279 Jeffrey Imm of the Anti-Jihad League of America, a longtime friend of Jihad Watch (whom I thank for links on practically a daily basis), here provides a report on ongoing jihadist activity in British mosques: The UK's Security Service MI-5 report recently leaked to the UK Guardian newspaper is reported to show that "there is no single pathway to violent extremism" and "there is evidence that a well-established religious identity actually protects against violent radicalisation." However, a new documentary "Undercover Mosques: The Return" by UK's Channel 4 is to be broadcast on September 1 that shows Islamic supremacists promoting such radicalism directly in British mosques: "Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque," by Tara Conlan for the Guardian, August 22: In the new documentary, a female reporter attends prayer meetings at an important British mosque which claims to be dedicated to moderation and "dialogue with other faiths". According to Channel 4, "she secretly films sermons given to the women-only congregation in which female preachers recite extremist and intolerant beliefs". In one scene, as hundreds of women and some children come to pray, a preacher calls for adulterers, homosexuals, women who act like men and Muslim converts to other faiths to be killed, saying: "Kill him, kill him. You have to kill him, you understand. This is Islam." Channel 4 also said that in the same mosque, "the reporter visits the bookshop and discovers books and DVDs still on sale, promoting extremist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic and intolerant messages". The undercover reporter also "films inside a key Saudi-funded Muslim organisation, which claims to promote tolerance and integration yet distributes literature which promotes intolerance for non-Muslims, an extreme version of sharia law and teachings which support discrimination against women". In addition, Undercover Mosque: The Return also "investigates the role of the Saudi Arabian religious establishment in spreading a hard-line, fundamentalist Islamic ideology in the UK - the very ideology the government claims to be tackling". A former Foreign Office minister tells Dispatches he thinks the government should take a stronger line on the issue. On January 15, 2007, UK Channel 4's Dispatches broadcast its initial "Undercover Mosque," documentary, which was the source of protests by British Islamic organizations. (Online video of this documentary is available online.) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) accused the documentary of "misrepresentation," and West Midlands police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) claimed that the program was heavily edited and distorted comments. In November 2007, however, UK's media regulator Ofcom found that such accusations of misrepresentation were false; in January 2008, UK Channel 4 and producer Hardcash sued the West Midlands police and CPS for libel. Channel 4 and Hardcash were awarded a six-figure sum in damages in May 2008 by the West Midland police and CPS for the false accusations. In the first "Undercover Mosque" broadcast, Dispatches captured the Islamic supremacist ideology being preached and taught in British mosques. Per Channel 4, the broadcast included sermons in which: "preachers proclaim the supremacy of Islam, preach hatred for non-Muslims and for Muslims who do not follow their extreme beliefs - and predict a coming jihad. 'An army of Muslims will arise,' announces one preacher. Another preacher said British Muslims must 'dismantle' British democracy - they must 'live like a state within a state' until they are 'strong enough to take over.'" After the initial "Undercover Mosque" broadcast, UK Conservative MP Lee Scott stated at the time that "I was appalled by some of the things we saw, it must be investigated, I want to know what this stuff was, and why it took a TV documentary to expose it. The mosque must know what is happening inside its building." UK Labour MP Louise Ellma stated: "It's deeply disturbing that this preaching of hate is still going on. There should be a further investigation into the bookshop and what these people are preaching." A year and a half later, the new Dispatches documentary will show that such activities are continuing in British mosques. In June 2008, UK Channel 4's Dispatches broadcast another documentary "From Jail to Jihad" showing the spread of Islamic supremacism throughout British prisons, and in August 2007 another Dispatches documentary was broadcast "Britain Under Attack from Jihad." The recent UK MI-5 leaked report ignores the obvious "pathway to violent extremism" is through Islamic supremacist ideology being taught directly in British mosques, despite the numerous reports of this by UK's Channel 4 and others in the United Kingdom. Clearly UK's government is unwilling to face the growing Islamic supremacism in the United Kingdom. With three failed attempts at mass-casualty terrorist attacks on the United States, British Jihad and its growing Islamic supremacism remains a major threat to the United States. Ongoing news reports on British Jihad and Islamic supremacism are being tracked at BritishJihad.com. RSS 2.0: http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'alt=rss Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:34:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68695279 2008-08-23T04:34:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68660457 Jeffrey Imm of the Anti-Jihad League of America, a longtime friend of Jihad Watch (whom I thank for links on practically a daily basis), here provides a report on ongoing jihadist activity in British mosques: The UK's Security Service MI-5... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:33:23 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68660457 2008-08-22T20:33:23Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68261335 Jeffrey Imm’s recent broadside against myself, my colleague Michael Jacobson, The Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, West Point’s Counterterrorism Center, and the Quilliam Foundation is a poor reflection of the Counterterrorism Blog in its departure from the Blog’s tradition of civil and scholarly debate. Unfortunately, Imm’s blog is neither. Contrary to Mr. Imm’s assertion that I criticized him in my July 17 post , that article barely mentioned him at all (and never in a derogatory tone) focusing instead on the substance at hand. In concluded, “While Mr. Imm is right that not every extremist or terrorist renouncing their former way of life is fully deradicalized, to dismiss all of them is not only short sighted, but risks missing valuable opportunities for the US and its allies.” Mr. Imm’s most recent post only underlines that conclusion. But before I address the substantive issues, let me correct just two of Mr. Imm’s multiple factual errors. In his post, Mr. Imm criticizes my colleague Michael Jacobson for citing Dr. Fadl as someone who has renounced terrorism in a recent article published in West Point CTC's publication "The Sentinel." Mr. Imm says that this is part of a broader pattern with the Washington Institute, accusing us of having a "consistently uncritical view" regarding those who claim to have left terrorism behind. Mr. Imm's charges on this issue are badly off the mark. First, Mr. Imm has taken Mr. Jacobson's statements out of context to suggest that he has given Dr. Fadl the seal of approval. In his article, Mr. Jacobson was not citing Dr. Fadl's renunciation to indicate that he was persuaded that it was genuine. In fact, Mr. Jacobson was making a far different point -- that despite the positive attention heaped on Dr. Fadl and others who have publicly recanted, we do not know what the effect of these recantations will be on those currently in terrorist organizations. We need to understand this issue far better to design a successful and effective counterterrorism program. To take this very legitimate point and use it to "demonstrate" that the Institute is uncritical is quite disingenuous. Mr. Imm's ideologically driven analysis is clear from the fact that he so readily dismisses the possible broader implications of Dr. Fadl's statements. Even if Dr. Fadl hasn't fully renounced all terrorism, it would still be very significant that one of the original founders of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a man on whom Bin Ladin and al Qaeda have relied to provide the ideological foundation for their takfiri ideology, is now recanting some of his former positions. Many analysts believe that his statements criticizing al Qaeda - along with those of other former clerics and terrorist leaders - are beginning to cause a real schism within the global jihadist community. How the US can take advantage of a possible fissure through its counterterrorism and counter-radicalization efforts is a critical and immediate question that Mr. Imm is far too quick to dismiss. While there is certainly room for skepticism about the ultimate ramifications, it is critical to at least consider the potential implications of these recent developments. Mr. Imm took the liberty of quoting me out of context as well. Imm contends that I made “the incredible claim” that the way back from Islamism is through political salafists who have credibility when it comes to deradicalizing others. In fact, I noted that officials in the UK, the Netherlands and elsewhere have successfully leveraged even political salafists in their counter-radicalization efforts, even as they see these groups for what they are and recognize they still support some forms of extremism. Without accepting them, these governments are using them to their advantage. I noted this, concluding that “these are issues which bear further exploring”: Another important question that needs to be asked, and one that has often been given short- shrift (including on this blog) is how to leverage the ideological fissures that develop between and among our adversaries -- even when the more moderate wing is still not as moderate as we would like them to be. In the UK, for example, a distinction is often made between "jihadi salafists" and "political salafists," with the government willing to work with some groups that fall into the latter category but none in the former. (For the record, Quilliam has come out against working with groups that fall into either category). Not only do the political salafists have credibility when it comes to deradicalizing others, but as the Dutch argue it may be better to keep them in the larger tent than drive them further underground. In addition, having recently spent time in the UK (as well as France and Holland), talking to counterterrorism officials and local community leaders, it is striking how concerned they are about the threat of an imminent attack. Against that background, it becomes more understandable why they're trying to find allies wherever they can. The British realize they may have significant differences with "political salafists" who think "resistance" in Palestine or Iraq is legitimate, but are thinking about ways that they can at least leverage them and their positions in an effort to de-radicalize the most severe extremists (taqfiris) randomly targeting civilians today. Mr. Imm also ignored in his postings inconvenient truths. For example, Mr. Imm challenged Quilliam to reject Islamic supremacism, and when Mr. Nawaz did exactly that it went unacknowledged by Mr. Imm. On the issue of substance, Mr. Imm confuses and conflates two separate issues. The question is not whether radical Islamic extremism is a problem, nor whether support for terrorism or political violence is acceptable in some circumstances but not in others - we’re all in agreement that suicide bombing in Israel or Iraq is just as barbaric, criminal and unacceptable as use of that tactic is in the UK or elsewhere. A review of the Institute’s Stein Program’s work on the subject speaks for itself, and is there for the general public and Mr. Imm to review, including our books, peer-reviewed academic articles, policy articles, editorials, and more. Rather, the issue is how to leverage “political salafists” in our counter-radicalization campaigns when, unlike Quilliam, they are not fully moderate and do still support some forms of “jihad” or terrorism that we do not. We need not accept them to use them to our advantage, a cornerstone of traditional tradecraft. Mr. Imm is correct to question how it is that analysts should go about assessing claims of moderation by Muslim groups, especially by former radicals. The answer, I submit once more, is that it requires something more than armchair analysis and research-by-Google. Mr. Imm notes that as a second generation British-American he has spent plenty of time in the UK. But time spent visiting cousins is not field research. How much of that time has Mr. Imm spent interviewing former Jihadists? How much of that time was spent in East or North London? How much time did Mr. Imm invest meeting with intelligence, law enforcement, or the Home Office? These types of meetings are key to understanding not only the terrorist threat, but what should be done to counter it. While Mr. Imm’s open source research is thorough, true scholarship must also include reviewing primary sources and conducting on the ground, first-hand field research. Mr. Imm may disagree with us based on articles he’s read online, but Mr. Jacobson and I feel reaching out to groups like Quilliam, and exploring ways to leverage fissures within the extremist community, are critical aspects of a successful counterterrorism strategy. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:58:38 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68261335 2008-08-19T18:58:38Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68212410 Jeffrey Imm In my July 16, 2008 article "False Reports of Jihadists 'Quitting' or Abandoning Islamic Supremacism," I challenged the Quilliam Foundation to address some key questions that were being asked about its organization. The primary issue I raised was its documented support for Egyptian Grand Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa (also spelled "Ali Gum'a" or "Goma").. In reply, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Director Matthew Levitt criticized me on July 17 for asking this obvious question, and on August 15, that same organization's Michael Jacobson published a "response" to my July 16 article on behalf of Maajid Nawaz of the Quilliam Foundation. Mr. Nawaz's comments in Mr. Jacobson's reposting "Quilliam Responds" are not a response at all, but are directed towards a July 30, 2008 letter from various senators to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding "a 2003 article in Egypt's 'Al-Haqiqa' newspaper quoting Ali Goma defending terrorist acts in Israel." Mr. Nawaz dismisses this quote as he states it is coming from a "Wahabite-Islamist source" and "a newspaper that explicitly promotes a Shari'ah-law based Caliphate." (On the other hand, Mr. Nawaz does not explain how he defends Ali Gomaa who is interviewed in the March 2008 U.S. News and World Report as seeing Sharia as a solution for "Islamic extremism.") Mr. Nawaz further defends Gomaa by referencing a July 21, 2007 Newsweek / Washington Post blog article where Gomaa seeks to define jihad with "a large category of meanings," and where Gomaa states that "Islam forbids suicide" and "Islam forbids aggression against others." (This did not stop Gomaa from defending the terrorist group Hezbollah, as he viewed Hezbollah attacks on Israel as a "defense of its country and not terrorism" and calling for support for Hezbollah as a "religious duty.") On July 24, 2007, the Gulf News reported an update on Gomaa's comments to Newsweek / Washington Post regarding "apostasy," quoting Gomaa: "What I actually said is that Islam prohibits a Muslim from changing his religion and that apostasy is a crime, which must be punished." Mr. Nawaz further dismisses criticism of Gomaa by using a ploy of playing on assumed political divisions: "[o]n the matter of support for Ali Goma, it seems rather ironic that right-wing critics share their worries over our stance, probably to their horror, with Marxists on the far-left such as the UK Guardian's Seamus Milne." Unfortunately those who think that criticism of Islamic supremacism is merely a right-left issue, fail to understand the issue and certainly fail to understand America's history in fighting supremacist ideologies. Mr. Nawaz should recognize that his experiences with the Nazi Combat 18 group were part of a continuing challenge against supremacist ideologies, and that the battle against supremacism beliefs will not be addressed by inconsistencies or by pandering to inaccurate assumptions about right-left political divisions. The larger issue that my July 16 article raised is how can an organization that attacks political Islamism, such as Quilliam Foundation, support an individual as Egyptian Grand Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa, which it calls a "Muslim scholastic giant," when there are numerous articles about Gomaa that would make him a questionable "scholar" to emulate? The simple answer is that in their efforts against political Islamism, Quilliam is seeking "scholars" that will justify their goal to develop a "Western Islam" as a method to counter political Islamism. Quilliam apparently believes that there are limited "scholars" that would provide such justification, and therefore the ends justifies the means (even though such an approach will not work in an ideological battle). So the Quilliam Foundation chose Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa as an example of "Muslim scholastic giants" to provide guidance to Muslims in adapting "to local cultures and traditions, while remaining true to the essence of their faith..." despite the numerous negative media reports readily available about Ali Gomaa. While Mr. Nawaz continues to defend Quilliam's support for Gomaa by stating that "Mufti Ali Goma must stand innocent until proven guilty," perhaps he can explain how Americans should be supporting a group who admires and defends someone like Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa -- who supports the terrorist group Hezbollah, thinks that Sharia law is the answer to "extremism," views that "social violence is the result of the secularists' attempt to impose their principles upon society," is quoted as calling Israeli Jews "blood-suckers," is quoted as calling for the denial of freedom of religion, calls for the death penalty for adultery, and takes a relativistic view towards wife-beating. (This includes media reports from such "right-wing critics" as the Associated Press, the New York Times, and U.S. News and World Report, as well as Egypt's Al-Ahram that is frequently quoted by left-wing Counterpunch.) If Mr. Nawaz continues to defend Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa as a role model for the Quilliam Foundation's objective in developing a "Western Islam," then it is fair for analysts to question what that vision of "Western Islam" really is. That is truly the challenge to the Quilliam Foundation. Moreover, it is not the responsibility of the general public to prove the worthiness or unworthiness of Quilliam's esteemed "Muslim scholastic giants," but it is the responsibility of the Quilliam Foundation to thoroughly vet individuals that they claim represent their guidance and message to Muslims. "Innocent until proven guilty" is not a coherent approach for promoting role models. More troubling is the consistently uncritical view of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence regarding groups or individuals that claim to be against "extremism." Michael Jacobson accepts that Sayyid Imam al-Sharif (also known as Dr. Fadl) has renounced terrorism, when al-Sharif clearly supports Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel, and states that "Jihad in Afghanistan will lead to the creation of an Islamic state with the triumph of the Taliban, God willing." Mr. Jacobson's article was published in the increasingly disturbing West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Sentinel -- a month after the Sentinel published George Mason University's Peter Mandaville call for engagement with Islamists and the Muslim Brotherhood as a counterterrorism strategy. The Stein Program's Director Matthew Levitt makes the incredible claim that the "Way Back from Islamism" is through "political salafists [who] have credibility when it comes to deradicalizing others." Neither Mr. Levitt nor Mr. Jacobson makes any critical comments about Egyptian Grand Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa while uncritically praising the Quilliam Foundation. Moreover, the Stein Program's Matthew Levitt dismisses any such criticism by claims that "spending time in the communities" of the United Kingdom and the Europe is mandatory to being able to assess "the threat on the ground." As a second-generation British American myself, I can assure the Stein Program's staff that I have spent plenty of time in the United Kingdom. Yet I recognize that the continuing threats from the United Kingdom to America's homeland security will not be resolved by looking the other way regarding inconsistencies in potential allies as a tactical short-term measure. It is not the micro analysis of individual "communities" that drives a war strategy, but a macro analysis of the enemy and its ideology. Facing such an ideological threat requires strategic honesty, criticality, consistency, and most of all a definition of the enemy and its ideology. Where American governmental leadership and analysts in counterterrorism have failed is in the definition of the enemy and its ideology which allows such inconsistencies of tactical measures. When the enemy is "extremism," anyone can be an ally, because "extremism" can mean anything to anyone. Moreover, the political science definition of "Islamism" has also clearly failed as well. I will recognize this as a personal failure as well, because I failed to imagine in my repeated statements of Islamism as a totalitarian and anti-freedom ideology, how others could claim to be against Islamism while seeing political salafism as an antidote or could claim to be against Islamism while supporting individuals who see Sharia as an answer to "extremism." Moreover, I failed to imagine that West Point would publish articles calling for embracing Islamism as a positive political force to fight terrorism. Unquestionably, this shows that the term "Islamism," while intended to refer to an Islamic supremacist political ideology, is too inexact a term to be used in further strategic discussion. Peter Mandaville, the Stein Program, and the Quilliam Foundation (among many others) have categorically proven this over the past several months. As I discuss in my July 2, 2008 article "Crossroads in History: The Struggle against Jihad and Supremacist Ideologies," clearly our American historical experience against supremacism provides us with the direction to address the current enemy. But as we continue to struggle in the war of ideas, we must reframe the debate from "extremists" to "Jihadists", and from "Islamism" to "Islamic supremacism." Until we strategically address the supremacist nature of the enemy, the tactics and allies that we choose will not serve our cause over the long war. /span> RSS 2.0: http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'alt=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:12:44 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68212410 2008-08-19T11:12:44Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68013532 Whoops -- actually it wasn't Islamophobes. The culprits were, of course, Sunni jihadists. The Sunni/Shi'ite Jihad continues. "Bomb in Baghdad strikes Shiite pilgrims, kills 6," by Sinan Salaheddin for Associated Press, August 16 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD – Iraqi... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:50:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68013532 2008-08-17T12:50:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68002511 B2 over the Pacific Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest Sunday, August 17, 2008 ***** JIHAD WATCH ***** Home page: http://jihadwatch.org/ > Modern, moderate Jordan restores relations with Hamas While Jordan's Queen puts a pretty face on things, her husband's regime moves in the opposite direction. "Jordan restores relations with Hamas," by Ali Waked for Israel National News, August 15 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): The Hamas movement on Friday... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022241.php > Jihadists kill aid workers in Afghanistan 23 killed so far this year. "Brutal Taliban Killings Anger Aid Community," by Alison Raphael for OneWorld, August 15: WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - The fatal ambush of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan Wednesday has provoked a sharp response... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022238.php > Raymond Ibrahim: Today in History, Constantinople saves Western Civilization from Islam Since certain Muslim media are fond of rehashing old history, reminding Muslims of the "atrocities" committed by the hated Crusader-past and present-it seems only logical that we here in the West also remember the past. Today in history, Christendom... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022228.php > Jihadists plot fatal pies in the face David Horowitz, pied in 2005: the next one could be fatal Leftist pie-throwers are always a risk on campus, but the next pie could kill. "Jury told of cake-throwing terror tactic," by Margaret Scheikowski for AAP, August 15 (thanks... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022226.php > Diana West: Roars about Russia, Nary a Whisper about Islam An extraordinarily perceptive and important observation. "Roars about Russia, Nary a Whisper about Islam," by Diana West, August 15: [...] Historical memory somewhat refreshed, Western media were ready with the headlines -- "The evil empire is back"; "Welcome to the... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022225.php > ***** DHIMMI WATCH ***** Home page: http://jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/ > Fitzgerald: What Israel has to do with dhimmitude and the West A poster at Jihad Watch recently asked: "My big question is this: What does Israel have to do with dhimmitude or the West?" Answer: Everything. Israel is part of the West, and the West would not be the West without... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022240.php > Fitzgerald: Why we do not need the Saudis NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, four princes and other Saudi entities are immune from a lawsuit filed by victims of the September 11 attacks and their families alleging they gave material support to al Qaeda, a... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022239.php > Nigeria: "Islamist" leader dies; group attacks Christians, blaming their prayers "The members of his Muslim sect went on rampage, demonstrating against America and the state of Israel, over claims that it was the prayers of Christians over the aborting of the gospel event of 2004 that caused their leader to... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022236.php > Danish Intelligence to ban words like "jihad," "Islamism," "fundamentalism," and "mujahidin" Deja vu. Is this "atonement" for the dreaded cartoons? "Denmark tries to clean up terror talk," from UPI, August 15:COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The Danish Intelligence Agency has introduced new guidelines for discussing terrorism, advising authorities to avoid... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022232.php > U.S. Holocaust Museum removes whitewashed biography of Mufti of Jerusalem The Mufti of Jerusalem and friend I'd like to know who was responsible for this biography of al-Husseini that portrayed him as a "moderate supporter of non-violence." We have seen many times how jihadists and their allies whitewash history... Full article: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022221.php > Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:36:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=68002511 2008-08-17T08:36:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=67993201 While Jordan's Queen puts a pretty face on things, her husband's regime moves in the opposite direction. "Jordan restores relations with Hamas," by Ali Waked for Israel National News, August 15 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): The Hamas movement on Friday released a statement welcoming the restoration of its ties with Jordan, following a series of meetings held over the past weeks between a Hamas delegation and representatives of the Jordanian government. The Hamas delegation, headed by member of the group's political bureau Mohammed Nazzal, met Thursday with Jordanian Intelligence Director Mohammed Zahabi in order to discuss the relations between the parties and the restrictions on the movement's activity in Jordan. Jordanian newspapers reported that the meeting was positive and that the two sides managed to resolve many of the disagreements between them. Zahabi demanded that the Palestinian movement refrain from taking sides in Jordan's political issues. Amman's main claims against Hamas are that Hamas is politically involved in Jordan, mostly by supporting the Jordanian Muslim Brothers and attempting to take control of the kingdom's trade unions.... About two years ago, Jordan accused Hamas of a mass weapon smuggling attempt into the kingdom using a ship, a claim which the movement has strongly denied. At the end of the second meeting between the sides Thursday, it appeared that the Jordan-Hamas relations were about to be restored, although it was unclear whether Hamas would reopen its offices in the kingdom at this stage. Fauzi Barhum, a spokesman for Hamas, said that the decision marked Jordan's recognition in the Palestinian legitimization and Hamas' legitimization. He said that the meetings between the sides were held as part of the Arab and Islamic world's attempt to open up to Hamas and remove the siege and isolation imposed on the movement. According to Barhum, the move would help strengthen the Palestinian people's unity and the support for the Palestinian people in the face of all challenges. "We need all the Arab and Muslim support in order to help our people," he said. RSS 2.0: http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'alt=rss Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:20:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jeffrey+Imm?rinfoid=67993201 2008-08-17T04:20:00Z