This report summarises the findings from an in-depth empirical study of all publicly confirmed cases of Islamist terrorism involving Australians. The domestic situation of Australian Muslims is briefly described, followed by an overview of Islamist terrorism cases to date, including the number and location of cases and the level of…

Launched in 2011 by the Unity Productions Foundation (UPF), My Fellow American is a film and social media project that calls upon concerned Americans to pledge and spread a message that Muslims are fellow Americans. It is designed to change perceptions “from Muslims as the other, to Muslims as our…

An investigation into the broad extent, major determinants and possible causes of group-focused enmity in eight European countries on the basis of a telephone survey of a representative sample of one thousand subjects per country.“Group-focused enmity” describes the syndrome of interlinked negative attitudes and prejudices towards groups identified as “other”,…

Europol plays a key role in the fight against organised crime and terrorism, utilising its unique information capabilities and expertise to support the competent authorities of the EU Member States. Nearly ten years after the attacks of 11 September 2001, terrorism continues to pose a serious threat to the European…

The primary focus of attention in this handbook is the Israeli and American experience of terrorism, although Northern Ireland, France, Spain, Bali are also discussed. There is a tendency to conflate 9/11 with the Israeli experience, blurring the line between ‘tactical’ and ‘strategic’ terrorism (Picco, pp. 71–8). Indeed, it is…

Many European countries have large and growing Muslim minorities. This is particularly true for the countries of Western Europe that have experienced influxes of Muslim immigrants over the last several decades from a variety of Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries, as well as Turkey and the Balkans. Today, although…

In this policy brief, Integrity Research and Consultancy presents innovative tools and methodologies for monitoring and evaluating counterterrorism programming. The brief looks at three specific monitoring and evaluation tool kits in common use among the research and development communities, and how, through their use, practitioners may gain new insights in…

In 2011, in recognition of the importance of identifying and addressing the root causes of extremism, the Agency issued The Development Response to Violent Extremism and Insurgency policy. This policy provides guidelines on using development programming to address the deep lying issues that foment extremist violence and fragility.

Lethal political violence in Scandinavia has almost exclusively been perpetrated by far-Right groups or individuals. Yet, on 22 July 2011, when a homemade bomb exploded at the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, head of the social democratic Labour Party, and a gunman opened fire on the youth camp…

In this article, the important similarities and differences across criminal, deviant, and extremist groups are explored. Drawing from research on street gangs, this article explores issues such as levels of explanation, organizational structure, group process, and the increasingly important role of technology and the Internet in the context of radicalization….

The Internet is used by international insurgents, jihadists, and terrorist organizations as a tool for radicalization and recruitment, a method of propaganda distribution, a means of communication, and ground for training. Although there are no known reported incidents of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure as acts of terror, this could potentially…

The Somali Shabaab militias, far from being as well known as al-Qaeda, over the recent years have adopted a much more focused terror strategy which is aimed at the international community. To do this they are using young people from the West, who they recruit either via the Internet or…