"While only a small minority of Muslims are Salafis, most Muslim violent extremist movements — including Al Qaeda — are rooted in Salafism, a fundamentalist Islamic movement based on 13th and 14th century teachings, according to the Minerva Research Initiative, a research program of the Defense Department, and the Counter-Extremism Project, a nonpartisan international policy organization."
CEP is releasing a new resource on the origins, leadership and violent history of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As the U.S. draws down forces, the Afghan government is battling ncreased Taliban attacks while simultaneously pursuing peace...
“No Single Definition for Salafism, AJCS’ Conference Finds (!)” This was the oddly bold caption headlining the 2014 conference report on “Salafism in the Arab World” (sub-title: “Perceptions, Trends and Groups”), hosted by the al-Jazeera “Center for...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
In Their Own Words:
We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].
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