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Thursday, Sep 08, 2022

CEP Webinar: 30 Years Of Western Jihad – A Discussion With Jytte Klausen

On September 8, 2022, ahead of the 21st anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, CEP hosted a webinar with Professor Jytte Klausen, curator of the Western Jihadism Project at Brandeis University and author of "Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History."

Prof. Klausen discussed her research into the Western Jihadism project, which is a database designed to survey al-Qaeda inspired terrorist offenders in Europe, as well the West’s experiences with jihad before and after the 9/11 attacks.

Book available here. Information on the Western Jihadism project here

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Giving Voice to American Jihadists

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A Salafi Salad: Jihadism, Takfirism, and the Use of Violence

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France Post-Charlie Hebdo

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Complexities in Profiling Western Foreign Fighters

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Qutb: In His Own Words

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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