TagIslamic Extremists

The Origins of Terrorism are Geopolitical, Not Religious

By Sheheryar Ahmad
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad, Letters, Loyalty, Politics, Service, United States
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Originally published on Patheos.com Why didn’t we hear the term “Muslim terrorist” or “Jihadist” before the 1980s? Islam has been around for more than 1400 years but “Islamic” terrorist organizations were not to be found prior to 1980. The first Islamist terrorist attack was the bombing of the Tyre Headquarters in 1982. Was Islam different prior to the 1980s or was there some sort of fundamental...

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Malala Yousafzai: Does Islam Even Give You a Right to Education?

By Faheem Younus
In Human Rights, Islam, Op-eds, Women
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Originally Published in The Washington Post and The Huffington Post Someone is missing from this picture. Because just when I was wondering if extremists could do anymore damage to Islam’s image, they committed yet another despicable act. As if flogging the adulterers, executing the civilians, and selling the women were not enough, on Oct. 8, the Taliban attempted to assassinate a 14-year...

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