WASHINGTON -- Muslims in the United States have grappled with the
consequences of extremism since Sept. 11, 2001, when the actions of 19
men affiliated with al Qaeda ushered in a new era, when fingers are
invariably pointed at followers of Islam whenever a terrorist attack
takes place.
Since then, Muslim activists have spearheaded efforts to eradicate the perception that Islam is a violent or extreme religion -- often laboring to disseminate the simple message that the vast majority of Islam's 1.6 billion followers worldwide denounce terrorism.
The Boston Marathon bombings in April posed not only a major setback to more than a decade of work, but also a new challenge: how to counter online radicalization, a known recruitment tool used by terrorist networks overseas, which appeared to have a significant impact on the suspected perpetrators of the attacks that left three dead and hundreds injured. Continue reading...
Since then, Muslim activists have spearheaded efforts to eradicate the perception that Islam is a violent or extreme religion -- often laboring to disseminate the simple message that the vast majority of Islam's 1.6 billion followers worldwide denounce terrorism.
The Boston Marathon bombings in April posed not only a major setback to more than a decade of work, but also a new challenge: how to counter online radicalization, a known recruitment tool used by terrorist networks overseas, which appeared to have a significant impact on the suspected perpetrators of the attacks that left three dead and hundreds injured. Continue reading...
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