Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism and Efforts to Counter It
"Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Thursday[July 10] heard testimony about the ideological roots that lead to violent Islamist extremism and what the U.S. can do to diminish the influence of the ideology here at home.

At the Committee’s seventh hearing in a series on Islamist radicalization and homegrown terrorism, witnesses distinguished between Islamist ideology – which has a political agenda – and Islam the religion, and outlined steps that should be taken to identify, isolate and ultimately eliminate the threat of homegrown terrorism and the ideology that supports it..."

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