The 500 Most Influential Muslims of 2009

by J. J. Tolochko on December 28, 2009

Recently, the Saudi-funded Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University published a list of the 500 most influential Muslims of 2009.  Inevitably, any undertaking as ambitious as this will be nitpicked to death, and the usual Internet punditry did not disappoint.  In reality, the title of the document is something of [...]

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YouTube – the next terrorist training ground?

by admin on December 15, 2009

The Internet has long been used by terrorist organizations, but recently, terrorists have increasingly exploited it for recruitment purposes.  On December 9, five Muslim-American men from the Washington, D.C. area were arrested in Pakistan after allegedly wanting to train in terrorist camps.  This begs the question, how do five men, between the ages of 19 [...]

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From Tribes on the Ground to Tribes Online

by J. J. Tolochko on December 3, 2009

Recently, Strategic Social presented at the Interagency Strategic Communication Working Group at the Department of State.  The post below, the third in a series of posts regarding anthropological concepts, is based on that presentation.  In it, S2 explores the concept of culture and how the emergence of social electronic media impacts cross-cultural communication.
Strategic Social believes [...]

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