Dateline Washington - Terror and Extremism Part 1

Tabinda Naeem, Urdu VOA News,Washington
This detailed report is examining the 8 years after 9/11 to find answers of a few basic questions US Policy makers and terror experts are trying to answer. How much are we safe in year 2009? What is the so called terrorism means and how can we define a fine line between anger and its ultimate extreme that leads to terrorism, what is causing and breeding the extremism in terms of ideology and material support and how much contribution is there of Islamic Madarassas in the spread of Extremist Islam. How the Islamist Agenda of extremists is different from Islamic faith? And how Pakistan is directly or indirectly connected or not connected with the spread of extremist Islam and what is the silver lining or ultimate fix. The documentary ends on a montage of sound bites of experts who are researching to find the answers to all questions related to Terrorism and Extremism. Steve Coll-The President of New America Foundation , Rajiv Chandershekhran- The National Editor of The Washington Post, Maajid Nawaz- Director Quillium Foundation and an International EX recruiter of Hizb-ut-Tehreer along with Dr S Akbar Zaidi- Pakistans best known and most prolific political economist have been interviewed for this report.

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• Tabinda Naeem
• Urdu VOA
• Steve Coll
• Maajid Nawaz
• Quilliam Foundation
• Dr. S Akbar Zaidi
• Rajiv Chandershakran