| General Resources on Terrorism and Islam |
| For information about books and other materials at the Library of Congress, consult its online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov)
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| Declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places (http://www.vitrade.com/sudan%5Frisk/laden/laden%5Fdeclaration%5Fof%5Fwar.htm) |
| English text of bin Laden's 1996 declaration of war, with a biographical introduction. |
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| Dollars for terror (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=38924) |
| Prologue to the American edition. The Cold War continues ... The Nairobi and Dar es Salaam attacks -- An American friend at the Palace of Nations -- Islamism versus Arab nationalism -- The mercenaries of globalization -- The CIA's "Afghans" and their networks -- Osama bin Laden, our man in Kandahar -- The Muslim Brothers' holy (and financial) war -- Is there a pilot onboard the U.S. aircraft? -- Making good use of "low-intensity conflicts" -- The privatization of U.S. foreign policy -- Islamism and Zionism : complementary enemies -- Iran, the Great Satan's alibi -- Why Saudi Arabia finances Islamism -- The Taleban, mercenaries of the American oil companies -- Behind the Luxor Massacre, bin Laden's "Afghans" -- Islamist deal-making and organized crime -- Afghanistan and Sudan are the wrong targets -- Islamism as confrontation -- The CIA at the negotiating table. |
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| Enemy Is Not Islam. It Is Nihilism (http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/364llkga.asp) |
| News Corporation presents the full text of the article "The Enemy Is Not Islam. It Is Nihilism," by Charles Krauthammer. It was published in the October 22, 2001 issue of "The Weekly Standard." The author discusses how religion is being turned into a kind of nihilism in places like Afghanistan. Krauthammer describes the current war against terrorism as a conflict between those who love life and those nihilists who want to destroy it. |
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| Fighting terrorism : (http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/Lieven-7.pdf) |
| "October 2001." |
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| Florida Professor Placed on Leave After Fox News Appearance (http://www.splc.org/newsflashes/2001/100401florida.html) |
| The Student Press Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, offers an October 4, 2001 press release entitled "Florida Professor Placed on Leave After Fox News Appearance." Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-born professor at the University of South Florida, was put on a paid leave of absence after he was interviewed about past acquaintances. Al-Arian was interviewed on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," where he made comments that did not express the views of the university. Al-Arian was questioned about his association with two suspected terrorists and the World and Islam Studies Enterprises, an organization headed by Al-Arian that was shut down after suspicions that the group was providing funds and support to terrorist groups. |
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| Frontline: Looking for Answers (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terrorism/) |
| The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the WGBH Educational Foundation present information about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. PBS and the WGBH Educational Foundation discuss the roots of hatred found in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, radical Islam, and the failure of U.S. intelligence on September 11, 2001. This information is provided as a supplement to a segment of the television series "FRONTLINE." |
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| Guide to HAMAS. (http://www.jewishpost.com/jp0203/jpn0303.htm) |
| Presents "A Guide to HAMAS," written by Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein and published as part of the "Jewish Post of New York" site. Examines the history of HAMAS. States that confusion about the group, also known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, comes from the fact that is both a terrorist organization and a religious movement. Examines HAMAS' ties to Iran. |
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| Harakat ul-Mujahedin (HUM) (http://www.ict.org.il/inter%5Fter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=14) |
| The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), located in Herzlia, Israel, provides a profile for the terrorist organization, Harakat ul-Mujahedin (HUM), formerly known as the Harakat ul-Ansar, which is based in Pakistan. The Islamic militant group mainly operates in Kashmir, and consists of an international network of Islamic fighters. The ICT discusses the history, ideology and strategy, structure, and terrorist activities of HUM. |
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| Islamic studies (http://www.uga.edu/islam/) |
| Provides access to resources available on the Internet which are either primary-source material from Islamic web sites that highlight the religion's own viewpoints or scholarly research on a variety of Islamic subjects. Includes several articles on terrorism, 9/11, the Taliban, Bin Laden, and the Iraq crisis. |
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| Jamaat ul-Fuqra (http://www.ict.org.il/inter%5Fter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=16) |
| The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), located in Herzlia, Israel, provides a profile for the terrorist organization, Jamaat ul-Fuqra, which is based in Pakistan. The Islamic sect commits acts of violence against those that they view as enemies of Islam. The ICT discusses the history and terrorist activities of Jamaat ul-Fuqra. |
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| Middle East (http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/mideast/me99tc.htm) |
| Bibliography of resources on the topic of the Middle East. Includes information from books, documents, periodicals and Internet resources. |
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| Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO). (http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm) |
| Provides information on the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO), a Marxist-Islamic dissident group in Iran, excerpted from the U.S. Department of State publication "Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1998" and presented online by the Dudley Knox Library of the Naval Postgraduate School. |
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| No Holy War Here (http://www.msnbc.com/news/640815.asp?cp1=1) |
| MSNBC offers the full text of the October 11, 2001 article entitled "No Holy War Here," written by Michael Moran. Moran discusses the actions of the United States to attack the Tailban, the terrorist regime thought to be responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Some Muslims think the retaliation is unjust, while the United States has noted this attack is not on the Islam faith, but against terrorism. |
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| Professor, Once the Subject of Terrorist Investigation, Is Placed on Leave After He Receives Threats (http://chronicle.com/free/2001/10/2001100102n.htm) |
| "Professor, Once the Subject of Terrorist Investigation, Is Placed on Leave After He Receives Threats" is an article written by Dana Mulhauser that was originally published in the October 1, 2001 issue of "The Chronicle of Higher Education." Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-born professor at the University of South Florida, was put on a paid leave of absence after he received a death threat. Al-Arian was interviewed on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" about his association with two suspected terrorists and the World and Islam Studies Enterprises, a think tank at the university headed by Al-Arian that was raided in 1995. The organization was suspected of providing funds to terrorist organizations. |
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| Russia: Analysis from Washington--Who Is a Wahhabi? (http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2000/07/F.RU.000707151509.html) |
| Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. presents the full text of an article entitled "Russia: Analysis from Washington--Who Is a Wahhabi?" Paul Goble wrote this article, which was originally published on July 7, 2000. Goble discusses the refusal of the Council of Russian Muftis, a group of Muslim leaders in Russia, to ban Wahhabism in the Russian Federation on the basis that there is no real definition of the term "Wahhabism." The Wahhabiyah movement is a branch of Islam that allegedly has connections to terrorism. |
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| Shariʻa law, cult violence, and system change in Egypt (http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS26323) |
| Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 29, 2003). |
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| Slammin' Sami! (http://theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/302kbraq.asp) |
| The News Corporation presents the full text of the article entitled "Slammin' Sami!," written by David Tell. The article was originally published in the October 3, 2001 issue of "The Daily Standard." Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-born professor at the University of South Florida, was put on a paid leave of absence after he was interviewed about past acquaintances. Al-Arian was interviewed on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," where he made comments that did not express the views of the university. Al-Arian was questioned about his association with two suspected terrorists and the World and Islam Studies Enterprises, an organization headed by Al-Arian that was shut down after suspicions that the group was providing funds and support to terrorist groups. |
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| Teach-in on terrorism (http://www.cod.edu/library/teach-in.htm) |
| A series of presentations and panel discussions covering the geographic features of the Middle East and Afghanistan, the various cultures of the Middle East, the common roots of the Abrahamic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the emerging global environment we live in which provides unprecedented opportunities for terrorist activities. |
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| Terrorism (http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS19544) |
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| U.S. Attacks Terrorism (http://poynteronline.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=3401) |
| The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a journalism school in Saint Petersburg, Florida, presents a collection of journalism-related Internet resources on the United States efforts against terrorism. The collection offers access to news, organizations, military resources, government agencies, and information about the World Trade Center, bioterrorism, Afghanistan, Islam, and more. |
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| U.S.-Turkey relations and the war on terrorism (http://www.brook.edu/views/ARTICLES/fellows/2001%5Fcook.htm) |
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| The terrorist attack on America (http://www.foreignaffairs.org/home/terrorism.asp) |
| A collection of articles previously published in the journal Foreign affairs on contemporary terrorism, the ability of the United States to combat it, and radical Islamic politics. |
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