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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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Bin Laden Is Still Alive

By Kashif Chaudhry
In Op-eds, United States
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Waqar Hasan was a Pakistani Muslim immigrant who had come to New Jersey to live the American dream. Leaving his family in Milltown, NJ, he went to Dallas, TX, to open a grocery store. Four days after 9/11, a gunman came to his store and shot him in the face. The killer went on to shoot two more Muslims that same week, avenging the 9/11 attacks. 9/11 unleashed the most intense manhunt in American...

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