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Parent topics
- Journalism [r]: Practice of writing about daily events of interest to people - politics, international affairs, sports, etc. [e]
- Arabic language [r]: is a Semitic language used by Islam and is an official or co-official language in the 22 countries which together make up the Arab World. [e]
- Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. [e]
Subtopics
- Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj [r]: A Sudanese journalist for the Al Jazeera news agency, held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp for suspicion of acting as a terrorist courier; released in 2008 [e]
- Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. [e]
- Abu Basir al-Tartusi [r]: A Syrian-born Salafist theologian, living in London, highly visible on the Internet and a prominent pro-jihad theoretician [e]
- The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order [r]: A book, by Samuel Huntington, assuming a fundamental conflict between civilizations of different cultures, and discussing grand strategy to deal with this conflict [e]
- Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World [r]: A book by Benjamin Barber, first published in 1995, examining the interaction of globalization and consumerism with religious fundamentalism and tribalism; McDonald's, MTV, and Macintosh are used as icons for consumerism [e]
- Iraq War, insurgency [r]: The period of the Iraq War following the end of major combat operations, and the beginning of significant guerrilla warfare in July - August 2003. [e]
- 2009 Afghanistan presidential election [r]: Conducted 20 August 2009, with reasonable security against attacks, substantial fraud, and mixed but significant turnout; Abdullah Abdullah declined to participate in a runoff with Hamid Karzai, who was therefore reelected [e]
- Yusuf al-Qaradawi [r]: An influential Islamist cleric based in Qatar, opposed to al-Qaeda but supportive of other radical movements; extremely active on the Internet [e]
- Al-Aqsa television [r]: Television service, on both local broadcast and satellite, operated by Hamas [e]
- CNN [r]: A 24/day news television network founded by Ted Turner in 1980, now owned by Time Warner [e]
- Middle East Media Research Institute [r]: Nonprofit translation and analysis website on the Middle East and Islam, sometimes described as selectively offering documents supportive of neoconservatism and Likud [e]