Islamism and Radical Islam Analyzed in New Report

Published on Thursday, May 19, 2005
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Islamism and Radical Islam Analyzed in New Report

Hudson Institute's Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World has announced the release of Current Trends in Islamist Ideology—the first in series of analytical reports on the ideological dimensions of Islamism and radical Islam worldwide.

Edited by Hudson senior fellow Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Hudson research associate Eric Brown, the report provides up-to-date expert analysis of contemporary manifestations of the ideologies that drive terrorist groups and their sympathizers to target Muslims and non-Muslims at home and abroad.

In their introduction to the report, Fradkin and Haqqani stress that, because the war of ideas is central to the struggle against Islamist terrorism, a thorough and proper understanding of Islamist ideology is critical to the "successful prosecution of that struggle … In part this is because the objectives and tactics of the terrorists derive to some extent from their ideological orientation. In part it is because ideology plays a very large role in the recruitment and training of new members of terrorist organizations."

Articles in the first issue of Current Trends in Islamist Ideology include:

"Bin Laden and Zarqawi Speak" by Hillel Fradkin
"The Ideologies of South Asian Jihadi Groups" by Husain Haqqani
"Radical Islamist Ideologies in Southeast Asia" by Angel Rabasa
"The Impact of the War in Iraq on the Global Jihad" by Reuven Paz
"The Penetration of Islamist Ideology in Britain" by Michael Whine

The full report is available on the center's website at www.futureofmuslimworld.com.

For details or questions, contact Hudson research associate Eric Brown at ericb@hudson.org or 202-974-2419.

The mission of Hudson Institute's Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World is to conduct research and analysis on the ideological dimensions of Islamism and radical Islam, to encourage and support the development of moderate and democratic alternatives within the Muslim world, and to provide analysis of important trends in the Muslim world.

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