Jihad and 21st Century Terrorism

In the post-September 11 world, Al Qaeda is no longer the central organizing force that aids or authorizes terrorist attacks or recruits terrorists. Rather, it serves as an inspiration for individuals and other groups who have branded themselves with the Al Qaeda name.

Marc Sageman, a former CIA case officer in Afghanistan in the 1980s, builds upon his bestselling book, Understanding Terror Networks, to explain how Islamic terrorism emerges and operates in the twenty-first century. In the recently published Leaderless Jihad, Sageman rejects the idea that certain individuals are predisposed to terrorism. He argues that the individual, outside influence, and group dynamics come together in a four-step process of radicalization that begins with traumatic events that spark moral outrage.

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• Jihad
• Terrorism
• Terror
• Origin
• Motivation

[RogerDMasters1933]

At 74 years old, I am simply obsolete when it comes to navigating sites like this. I had less trouble using the first forms of email created here at Dartmouth in the 1960s when no one else knew what a 'time sharing' mainframe computer was. I created an account tonight because otherwise I couldn't get sound for the video. After an hour of filling things in, i'm back to the SAME screen with a silent video. The volume control has no effect. I quit for the night. roger masters

[mikeybrumbrum]

Oh no, dont give up, you tube is great.

You need to download the "flash player".

You cant play FLASH videos (vids that flash, frame by frame, like your tv) unless you have FLASH PLAYER.

Its fre, and made by ADOBE (dot com), and everyone needs it nowadays. It is one of the standard players (meta cafe uses MPEG4).

[davrockify]

@emotionalinvalid -The speaker is making a fool of himself .It was the West that started terrorism

by greed for gold & etc.Taking over India & the African slavery & the MidEast oils,what does the idiot think?All this is connected Isn't all this acts of terrorism..He talks about the new generation when its guys like this that brainwash scholars.

Letvinenko found out Russians supplying arms & US intervenes & takes over the oil.flds.Their grudge is a for-show thing and the list can go on forever...

[davrockify]

This is such a BS.The origins of terrorism began before we had any knowledge of its existence.When British along with its like took over India commited atrocities against innocents and African enslavement,Hitler & the Jews ;Wasn't all these acts of terrorism.When victims tried to protect themselves they were regarded as terrorists.The pain of Western doings became unbearable.The guy talking is an idiot doesn't know what he'ssaying

.The origin of terrorism started from your own backyards

[emotionalinvalid]

99.9% probability that this video discusses wrongly that 911 and other terrorist attacks on the west were causes rather than reactions to western bought of dictators in mid east, et al, and western bloody covert/overt suppression of democracy). So what is the use watching it unless it is from a reputable source like wikileaks, democracy now, common drearms, et al( yeah go ahead and laugh all you wrong headed mainstream dems and republs. your new york times is a fiction like fox is a fiction)

[1michelemichele1]

@bhigr (I could go on, but it`d be so much better if you checked out Wright yourself. I have a playlist in my channel with his lectures along with other journalists & historians)

[1michelemichele1]

@bhigr you`ve got to do a google search for a journalist named ``Lawrence Wright``, he goes into that. It has to do with the repression within their home countries, the lack of social outlets we`re used to. Graduating unversity doesn`t guarantee they`ll find work, work doesn`t guarantee their isolation will be alleviated. The West playing good guys VS bad guys among Muslim gov`t`s plays a role (`freeing Iraq for democacy` while we support repressive regimes like Egypt). Etc

[Libz6]

that rabic writing means 'The dog barks, the caravan moves on

[bhigr]

So European Racism and the welfare state are responsible for terrorism? But if the terrorist are well trained engineers, why should they be on welfare? They can work like the chinese, vietnamese, black african,... immigrants to Europe! They don't blow themselves up! Why? ISLAM?

The terrorists basically want to be heroes. Who recognizes these terrorists as heroes? MUSLIMS?

What do most muslims understand under jihad? The fight against non-mulims?

[mokatel007]

This say that "The Dogs are barking and the Caravan keeps walking"

[gouaw25]

What the hell does that say in english?