Skip Navigation
Home Information Sharing & Analysis Prevention & Protection Preparedness & Response Research Commerce & Trade Travel Security & Procedures Immigration
About the Department Open for Business Press Room

Terminology To Define The Terrorists: Recommendations From American Muslims

This document, Terminology To DefineThe Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims, outlines recommendations from a wide variety of American Muslim leaders regarding appropriate terminology to be used when describing the terrorist threat. This memorandum does not state official Department of Homeland Security policy nor does it address legal definitions. Rather, it outlines recommendations compiled by the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties from its discussions with a broad range of American Muslim community leaders and scholars.

Read the entire text of Terminology To Define The Terrorists: Recommendations From American Muslims (PDF, 9 pages - 115 KB).

Download Plug-in

Some of the links on this page require a plug-in to view them. Links to the plug-ins are available below.

Click Here to Download Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

This page was last reviewed/modified on August 5, 2008.