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The Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program

The Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program (PISAP) was established in 2004 in recognition that forces that have not traditionally been studied, in a comprehensive manner, by the Intelligence Community needed to be examined as they affect the national security interests of the United States. The effort does not focus on Islam as a religion or on the worldwide Muslim community; rather, it examines those movements and organizations that use religion for political purposes and use religious ideology to attempt to change the existing political, social, or economic order:

  • PISAP relies on regional and functional expertise to promote, consolidate, and integrate multidisciplinary analysis on worldwide developments of interest to the US policy community.

Posted: May 06, 2007 03:08 PM
Last Updated: Jul 16, 2008 06:49 AM
Last Reviewed: May 06, 2007 03:08 PM