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    Exclusive: Dagestani Relative of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is a Prominent Islamist

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Radicalization, Security and Counterterrorism, Special Coverage, United States

    Last year, when Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent six months in the Russian region of Dagestan, he had a guide with an unusually deep knowledge of the local Islamist community: a distant cousin named Magomed Kartashov. Six years older than Tsarnaev, Kartashov is a former police officer and freestyle wrestler — and one of the region’s...

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    ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ movie review

    by  • May 10, 2013 • Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United States, Youth and Pop Culture

    There’s a double meaning to the title of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” filmmaker Mira Nair’s great, gripping and complex drama based on the 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid about the roots of extremism. On a superficial level, “fundamentalist” refers to religious identity, one unfortunately most often associated with Islamic terrorism these days. And the story — about...

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    Giuliani Tackles Racial Profiling On NBC: Can’t ‘Ignore’ Threat From ‘Distorted Islamic Extremist Ideology’

    by  • May 10, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Elections and Political Discourse, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Radicalization, Security and Counterterrorism, United States

    In the wake of the Boston bombing, the issue of homeland security is once again at the forefront.Meet the Press, too, discussed the issue of security as David Gregory invited his panel to discuss the current approach, the specific case of the Boston bombing, and whether profiling the Muslim community would be an effective tactic. “We...

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    Fox News Seizes On Boston Bombing To Suggest Obama Is A Secret Muslim

    by  • May 10, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Issues in Politics, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United States

    Fox News is sounding the alarm about Muslim extremists in the aftermath of the Boston bombings and is using the tragedy to argue that President Obama is too weak or afraid to confront the threat. A day after Fox News host Bill O’Reilly wondered why Obama refused to condemn radical Islam before the Boston bombers’ motives...

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