It is becoming clear that terrorist organisations today are recruiting and influencing young people to carry out acts of violence in the name of God and various other ideologies. Sadly many youths, irrespective of race, religion, education background or economic status have fallen prey to the violent rhetoric propagated by…

Bangladesh is the world’s seventh most populous country and the third largest Muslim majority country. Notwithstanding staggering challenges stemming from rampant poverty, natural disasters, military coups and venal politics, the country has held four elections that were considered mainly “free and fair” and eschewed radical Islamism at a time when…

1. We unequivocally condemn all acts of terrorism and express profound sympathy for victims of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations who have suffered, directly or indirectly, at the hands of terrorists around the globe. The growing number of such victims underscores the terrible toll in human lives. 2….

The Cairo Declaration on Counterterrorism and the Rule of Law (September 22, 2011) calls for members of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) to “develop good practices for an effective and rule of law-based criminal justice sector response to terrorism.” In July 2012, Spain hosted a high-level conference on victims of…

The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Center for Civil‐Military Relations (CCMR), organized a three day Conference on “Countering Violent Extremism through Strategic Communications,” on 16‐18 January 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major General (Retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, Security Affairs Adviser to Honorable Prime Minister…

This article examines the factors that have contributed to the end of the Red Army Faction (RAF), and places particular emphasis on the causes and characteristics of individual disengagement of RAF members from the armed struggle. It discusses the evolution, ideology, and decline of each of the three generations of…

From 2012 to 2014, the Swedish Ministry o Justice and the Institute or Strategic Dialogue (ISD) are partnering on a pan-European project aiming to enhance understanding o what works in preventing andcountering ar-right extremism. Tese reports were commissioned as part o the project to document thehistory, existence and varieties o…

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and case…

This article looks at the status quo of Indian counterterrorism policy—which largely favours ‘physical’ or ‘hard’ measures—and proposes that the government adopt a more holistic strategy. Termed ‘Countering Violent Extremism’, this would involve measures geared towards long-term prevention, with greater attention paid to the reasons for which people commit terrorism…

This article examines the implementation of the UK’s ‘Prevent Strategy’ for countering terrorist risks and threats. Informed by qualitative data, it critically assesses the perception and reception ‘on the ground’ of Prevent Strategy policies amongst those individuals who are, in many ways, the focus of such interventions. It is found…

While the idea of countering ‘violent extremist’ narratives is a matter of considerable policy interest, particularly in relation to beliefs associated with the wider Al-Qaeda movement, little has been written on the specific dynamics of arguments between supporters and critics of Al-Qaeda on the Internet. In this exploratory article, I…

This paper explores the extent to which Islamic institutions of higher education in Indonesia have become hotbeds for religious extremists. This paper also addresses how the changing population of students studying at the State Islamic University (UIN) contributes to this development. It will also look at how changes in the…