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Islamic Terrorism in Europe

New generation of terrorists cyber-inspired, -trained, By Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Washington Bureau, 02-07-07

After the Danish Cartoon Controversy, By Pernille Ammitzboll and Lorenzo Vidino, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2007

Radical, moderate Muslims battle for young English minds, By Christiane Amanpour, CNN.com, 01-20-07

Undercover Mosque. This documentary produced in the United Kingdom discusses the results of an undercover investigation of mosques in the UK that present themselves as moderate. To view the documentary, scroll down. The six segments of the documentary are linked underneath the TV screen.

Italy's Attraction for Islamist Militants, Stratfor, 4-4-06

Terrorism - Dutch intelligence service reports, By RN Security and Defence editor Hans de Vreij, Radio Netherlands, 3-31-06

Outcry in Germany as anti-Semitic film sells out, By Tony Paterson, Telegraph, 2-26-06

Inside the mosque: an academy for holy war , By Vikram Dodd, Guardian, 2-8-06

Europe: Police found weapons at Finsbury Park mosque, Times Online, 2-7-06

Europe: Creating Outrage, By Lorenzo Vidino, National Review, 2-6-06

Trial of French Islamic Radical Sheds Light on Converts' Role, By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 1-1-06

Family jailed for 'honour killing', By Daniel McGrory, Timesonline, 12-13-05

'Londonistan,' Al Qaeda and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Stratfor

How a Town Became a Terror Hub, By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 11-24-05

The death of an easygoing culture, By Anthony Browne, Times Online, 11-19-05

Al Qaeda in Europe, By Jamie Glazov, FrontPageMagazine, 11-14-05

'Trust us to beat bombers', By SIR IAN BLAIR, Sun Online, 11-2-05

British Intelligence Bares Link Between Detainees, Al-Qaeda, By Mushtak Parker, Arab News, 08-26-05

Expect more bloodshed, says defiant Islamic cleric Bakri, By Sean O'Neill, Philip Webster and Richard Ford, Times Online, 07-21-05

70 British Muslims join Iraq fighters, By David Leppard and Hala Jaber, Times Online, 06-26-05

EU fails to curb terrorism within its borders, By Cecilia Wikstrom, International Herald Tribune, 06-6-05

Danger woman, The Guardian, 05-17-05

Saudi influences in the Netherlands Links between the Salafist mission, radicalisation processes and Islamic terrorism

JIHAD IN EUROPE - A survey of the motivations for Sunni Islamist terrorism in post-millennium Europe, NESSER Petter, FORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUTT, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

Madrid and the Evolution of the Threat in Europe, April 2005

Testimony of Lorenzo Vidino Before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, April 2005

Islamic Extremism in Europe Beyond al-Qaeda: Hamas and Hezbollah in Europe (Testimony of Matthew A. Levitt, Senior Fellow and Director of Terrorism Studies, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy), April 2005

The radicalisation of Muslim youth in Europe: The reality and the scale of the threat (Testimony of Claude Moniquet, Director General, European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center), April 2005

 

 

Al Qaeda in Europe

Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battleground of International Jihad
by Lorenzo Vidino

Frontline
Al Qaeda's New Front

Watch it! A Frontline profile of Islamic terrorism's most stable base and new battlezone: Europe. A fascinating four-part series that takes you behind the scenes of Islamic culture and the international fight against terror.

England's most vitriolic imam, Omar Bakri Mohammed, promises more bloodshed-even after the 7/7 attacks.

Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, an Islamo-terror cell leader in Europe, was nabbed by police in early 2004.