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US Nat. Sec Committee at US Congress is discussing tomorrow the threats that #MuslimBrotherhood brings upto the United States of America and its allies - we can’t wait to see #MBs designated in the #US !
On 7/11 (today) at 10am, ET, @DrZuhdiJasser , Pres of @AIFDemocracy and Dr @JSchanzer will testy to the Subcommittee on National Security of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the #MuslimBrotherhood’s global threat. Watch the #live feed on @cspan
1. Hello everyone, yesterday Ch 6 of the #Caliphate podcast went live, detailing how we fact-checked Abu Huzayfah's story. At least 15 @nytimes reporters, stringers and translators worked to bring you that one episode. Follow along for the back story: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cal…
2. By now, you've heard the detailed account of murder by one Canadian member of ISIS. As many of you have asked, why in the world would this young man admit to such crimes in an interview with the @nytimes? I'm finally able to reveal that we began speaking to him 1.5 yrs ago
3. @AndyMillsNYT & I first learned of Abu Huzayfah in November 2016. He had left Syria over a year before that & had successfully traveled back and forth to Canada and his grandparent's home in Pakistan. Because no one stopped him at the airport, he assumed he was in the clear
1. Hello everyone, Chapter 2 of #Caliphate is now up on iTunes, Spotify etc. In this episode, we explore the ideas - boiled down to three religious concepts- that are used to lure potential recruits to ISIS. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cal…
2. I’d spoken to numerous ISIS recruits and had a general sense of how the recruitment worked. But it wasn’t until I sat down with former al-Qaeda recruiter @_JesseMorton that it began to make sense. After being released from jail, Jesse has worked to deradicalize others.
3. Read about Jesse’s journey out of extremism below: mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/…
With #ISIS's territorial control finally collapsing, question we need to ask: what kind of #caliphate was ISIS? Answer needs to be 3-fold +
+ Briefly:
1) How #Wahhabism relates to "real" caliphates
2) Demystifying historical caliphates
3) How #ISIS deviates from real caliphates+
1) How #Wahhabism relates to "real" caliphates
2) Demystifying historical caliphates
3) How #ISIS deviates from real caliphates+
+ ISIS scholars are right to trace group's ideology to Wahhabism, but no real connection between Wahhabism & historical caliphates, except +
