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As part of the semester-long lecture series on terrorism, 鈥�,鈥� RAND Corp. analyst Farhana Ali argued for sustained attention and focus in the West on 鈥渞adical Islam鈥� during her Jan. 28 presentation.

In her lecture, titled 鈥淩adical Islam: An Examination of the Global Threat,鈥� Ali stressed that she sees Islam鈥� as do many other policy makers and scholars鈥攁s extremely diverse.She explicitly separated 鈥減olitical Islamists,鈥� such as Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood, from 鈥渞adical Islamist鈥� groups like Al-Qaeda.

The former, she noted, participate in the political process in their home countries as political parties and play a critical role in providing basic services to their citizens. The latter, tend to be more 鈥渂ottom-up,鈥� grassroots-oriented organizations, all sharing the basic guiding ideology that 鈥淚slam is the solution.鈥�

Sophisticated and effective propaganda

Ali emphasized her view that 鈥渞adical Islam鈥� resonates with some Muslims because of the very sophisticated and effective propaganda campaign implemented by extremists. She proposed that this campaign turns on a rhetoric of Muslim victimization, resistance to Western imperialism and ideals, Muslims as oppressed, politically Islamist states and societies, and a restoration of Islamic unity and faith.  

Ali also drew attention to her study of Muslim women in terrorist networks. She called them the 鈥渋nvisible agents鈥� of terror and contributors, directly, to specific acts through operational leadership and, indirectly, by supporting male leaders in their networks by spreading extremist ideology.

Recommended solutions

Ali concluded that the U.S. can begin to gain ground against terrorism and weaken the appeal of militant groups in the Muslim world by pursuing a number of recommended solutions.  

Her remedies included:  

• Performing military counterinsurgency
• Communicating with Muslim citizens
• Restoring 鈥渃ritical debate and thinking鈥� in the Muslim world
• 鈥淭aking back Islam鈥�
• Supporting women鈥檚 movements in the Muslim world
• Exploiting the existing fissures in Islam
• Engaging Islamic 鈥渆vangelicals鈥� towards 鈥渕oderate Islam鈥�
• Rewarding those who work with the U.S. in the fight against terror
• Offering 鈥渉ope to the next generation鈥� of Muslims by supporting projects that correct the 鈥渕isapplication鈥� of Muslim verses and religious concepts         

About the lecture series

Terrorism remains the most prominent threat to the security of the U.S., but little is known about the people who actually carry out political violence in this country. 色情视频鈥檚 spring lecture series, 鈥�,鈥� will take an in-depth look at terrorism and those who are willing to kill themselves in order to kill many more.

To see the entire list of lectures, click .