This new Glazov Gang episode features Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch, a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of 26 books – including many bestsellers. His new book is Who Lost Afghanistan?. Robert discusses We’re the Violent Extremists Now, unveiling Why Obama renamed our counterterrorism efforts ‘Countering Violent […]
Department of Homeland Security Goes Further Down the Countering Violent Extremism Rabbit Hole
The Department of Homeland Security is poised to spend $35 million on a new Center of Excellence in Terrorism Prevention and Counterterrorism Research. Universities will apply for grants to develop “multidisciplinary, customer-driven solutions while training the next generation of homeland security experts,” according to the press release announcing the Center. “Once awarded, this COE will […]
Winning: Trump national security strategy restores reference to ‘jihadist’ terror threat
“The primary transnational threats Americans face are from jihadist terrorists and transnational criminal organizations.” At last, reality begins to return to the U.S.’s counterterror strategy, after its removal in 2011, which I detail at length in my book Arab Winter Comes to America. Obama, at the behest of Muslim groups linked to Hamas and the […]
Obama “Countering Violent Extremism” top dog who met with Hamas-linked CAIR hundreds of times resigns
The entire “Countering Violent Extremism” program is an attempt to divert attention away from Islamic jihad, which it never addresses, and to pretend that “extremism” can arise with equal strength and virulence from any religious group. It needs to be dismantled, and replaced with realistic and honest assessment of the motivating ideology behind jihad terror. […]
DHS awards $10 million in grants to prevent jihad terror recruitment
They could have flushed this money down the nearest toilet and gotten just as much of a return on their investment as they’re going to get. This money is given out based on the false assumption that Muslims lack jobs and opportunities, and therefore turn to jihad, and can be dissuaded from waging jihad with […]
U.S. Muslim groups, enraged by Trump, reject federal grants to fight “extremism”
These grants are a total waste of money in the first place, as they’re given to organizations that run programs such as youth basketball and job training, on the mistaken assumption that this will persuade young Muslims not to join jihad terror groups and become jihad terror groups. Anyway, the Islamic groups that were taking […]
Trump to recast Obama’s “Countering Violent Extremism” program to focus on the jihad threat
“The program, ‘Countering Violent Extremism,’ or CVE, would be changed to ‘Countering Islamic Extremism’ or ‘Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,’ the sources said, and would no longer target groups such as white supremacists who have also carried out bombings and shootings in the United States.” Indeed, but the white supremacist threat has been wildly exaggerated by […]
Robert Spencer: Trump’s History-Changing Vow to Eradicate ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’
Honest discussion of the truth, not a moment too soon. My latest in PJ Media: President Trump first said it during his inaugural address: We will … unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth. The establishment media has been too involved with comparing […]
Trump team seeks names of officials working to counter “violent extremism”
“Some career officials said they feared the incoming administration may be looking to undo the work that the Obama administration has done on countering violent extremism.” Let’s hope so! Let’s hope that Trump’s team is requesting these names so that all those who are responsible for the denial and willful ignorance that has hamstrung our […]
9 Steps to Successfully Counter Jihad
While the Obama administration continues to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to direct American foreign policy and, therefore, to implement “strategies” that render America defenseless in the face of Jihad and stealth Jihad, there are some alternative strategies that have the potential to turn this catastrophic situation around completely in America’s favor. Below are 9 concrete […]