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Tarek Fatah

A Flawed Approach Dooms Academic Study of Anti-Terror Lessons

A hallmark of research is that it is neutral and thus open to unanticipated results and findings. Reading " Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans,” a new report by researchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina, it seems like these two NCAA rivals came together to violate this cardinal principle of scholarly research.

 

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Terrorist groups have lasted decades and wreaked havoc without having more than a couple dozen members. Pointing out that relatively few people become terrorists is irrelevant.

Exposing the Myth of Moderate Islam

I have always maintained that “moderate Muslim” is an oxymoron. We have two kinds of Muslims: Terrorist Muslims and ignorant Muslims.  The former are those who know Islam well and live by its dictums. The latter have no clue about their religion and have an idealized image of Islam that has no bases in facts. 


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