The Terror Continues

For John, BLUF:  Jihad, and with it, Terrorism, will continue until we, and especially our Muslim Brothers and Sisters across the globe, find a counter to Jihad and Terrorism.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Prepare Yourself for Jihad 3.0

The sub-headline:

Radical Islamic terrorists will revive their movement. The U.S. needs to focus on defeating the ideology.

This is from The Wall Street Journal and is authored by Mr Husain Haqqani, of the Hudson Institute, on 2 November 2017.

Here is the lede plus three:

Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New York City, committed by an immigrant from Uzbekistan, is a reminder that radical political Islam won’t end with the recent defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa.

Just as the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan soon after 9/11 did not mark the end of al Qaeda, extremist forces in the Muslim world will continue to resuscitate themselves in other forms, in other theaters.  If al Qaeda was Jihad 1.0 in our era, and ISIS was Jihad 2.0, we should now prepare for Jihad 3.0.  Islamism will continue to be a U.S. national-security concern for years to come.

The New York attacker, Sayfullo Saipov, did not match the standard profile of a jihadi terrorist.  He was likely self-radicalized, did not overtly belong to a major terrorist group, and would not have been denied entry under President Trump’s “travel ban” due to his country of origin.

In trying to re-create an Islamic state, radical Islamists draw inspiration from 14 centuries of history.  It is important to understand the various Muslim “revivalist” movements, involving various degrees of violence and challenges to the global order of the time.  Contemporary radicals often reach into the past to find models for organization and mobilization.

The point is, this is not over.  We need to find ways to work with those Muslims who are here and respectful of what the United States stands for, while work to deal with the ideology of those who will for Jihad 3.0.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff