Online Radicalization: Myths and Realities
Online Radicalization: Myths and Realities In Collaboration with The Muslim Public Affairs Council The Boston Marathon attacks thrust the issue of online radicalization to the front and center of the debate about homegrown violent extremism in the United States. The elder of the two Tsarnaev brothers behind the attacks had posted videos lauding violent jihad on his personal YouTube channel, visited online jihadist forums, and read Inspire, the English-language magazine published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He isn't the only one; the last few al-Qaeda-inspired individuals who attempted or carried out plots in this country also appear to have been radicalized by those propagating violent extremist thoughts online. PARTICIPANTS Peter Bergen Director, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation Mohamed Elibiary Founder, Lone Star Intelligence LLC Member, Secretary Napolitano's Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) Dr. Peter Neumann Director, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation Imam Suhaib Webb Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Rabia Chaudry Fellow, New America Foundation Founder, Safe Nation Collaborative Rashad Hussein U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Moderator Haris Tarin Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council newamerica.net/events/2013/online_radicalization_myths_realities
