Read Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists Online
Authors: Scott Atran
Mamluks, 81, 493n 8
Manchester, William, 334
Mandela, Nelson, 400
Maqdisi, Abu Mohammed al-, 152
Marco Polo, 494n 5
Martinez, Peter, 281
Martyr, The
(Mahmud), 318
martyrdom, 83
in Afghanistan, 130
Al-Najah Martyrs’ exhibit, 364–65
Al Qaeda and, 102
author’s questions on, and rational choice, 4, 20
the Cause and, 33, 129, 482
glory and, 22–23, 57, 121, 290, 328, 482
Internet connections and, 268
involvement in rituals and, 453–54
Iran-Iraq War and, 497n 15
Israel-Palestine conflict and, 353–56
juramentoados
in the Philippines, 96
Madrid train bombers, 201–3
“martyrdom video,” 321–22
martyrs as heroes, 26–27, 56, 210, 212–13, 406, 486
Masada and, 92
Mazuak martyrs, 48, 49,
211
motivations, 299–300, 363, 406–10, 479
parable told by Ba’asyir on, 21–22
perceived sense of injustice and, 360
proselytizing for, 277, 354
recruitment, 182–83, 362–64
self-sacrifice, understanding, 299–300
small group dynamics and, 48, 49
studies on moral imperative for terrorism, 341–44
suicide bombers and, 24–27, 167
video of Madrid train bomber, 45
youth culture and, 478
Marx, Karl, xiii, 457, 469
Marzook, Abu Musa, 368–69, 389, 399
Marzuki, Zulkifli, 146
Masood, Nabeel, 24–27,
26,
48–49
Masri, Khalid al-, 111–12
Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 253
Mastruki, 125
Maundeville, Sir John, 70
Maya Indians, 441
Maymouni, Mustapha, 179, 180, 181–82
McCain, John, 1, 495n 13
McChrystal, Stanley, 263–64, 265
McDougall, William, 5, 6
McKinley, William, 94, 95, 97
McManus, John, 334
McPherson, James, 338
McVeigh, Timothy, 131–32, 161, 474
media, 96, 97
-driven movements, 473, 476–77
as fuel for terrorism, 272–79, 289–90, 454, 456, 484
globalized religion and, 456
global political cultures and, 41, 477
radical imams’ proselytizing, 276–77
Medin, Doug, 379, 522n 52
Merari, Ariel, 326, 361, 364
Meshaal, Khaled, 397–400, 489
Middle East.
See also
Israel
Arab conquest, 78–79
Arabic language and culture in, 81
Balfour declaration, 85
barber’s comment on, 488–89
British colonizing of, 84–85
as cradle of civilization, 78
European power in, 85
failure of Western models in, 86–88
Hashemite princes, 84–85
Islamic revivalism in, 88–90
Muslim Brotherhood in, 89
pan-Arab nationalism, 86
peace prospects, 373–79
rise of violent Islam in, 89–90
Saudi conquest of Arabia, 84
term coined by Mahan, 77–78
Midhar, Khaled al, 160
Milestones on the Road
(Qutb), 365
Milgram, Stanley, 221
Mohammad, 78
Mohammed, Khaled Sheikh, 4, 108, 112, 123, 128, 134, 155–56, 158, 159, 160, 161, 498n 1
Moneir Mahmoud Aly al-Messery, 175, 178, 179, 180
Mongols, 82–83, 84, 493n 8, 494n 5, 495n 15, 532n 3
Moroccan Fighting Islamic Group, 174, 181
Morocco, 47–54.
See also
Tetuán, Morocco
Al Dakhla mosque, Tangiers, 109
Al Quds mosque and, 109, 179
community in Germany, 109
France and, 85
Justice and Mercy Movement, 190
Moro Islamic Liberation Front, 159, 261
Moscow subway bombings, 327
Moskos, Charles, 299
Moussaoui, Zacharias, 160–61
Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC), 321
Muaellem, Walid, 397
Mualana, Nana, 167
Mubarak, Hosni, 98, 102
Mubarok, 134, 141, 144, 148, 157, 501n 13
Mueller, Robert, 283
mujahedin (holy warriors), 3, 36, 17, 79, 120, 140, 163, 384, 473, 486
in Afghanistan, 99, 102, 122, 141, 158, 187, 251–52, 499n 9
Atok, commander in Sulawesi, 15,
16
author’s studies, 11, 14, 20, 35, 48, 237
Pakistani, 48, 102, 179
small group dynamics and, 35, 163
Mukhlas (Ali Ghufron), 119–21, 131,
134,
135, 141, 143–44, 145, 146, 148, 150, 157, 161, 162
Mumbai attacks, 232–36, 273, 505n 9
Munandar, Aris, 126
Muqaddimah (An Introduction to History
[Khaldûn]), 59
Musharraf, Pervez, 230–31, 235
Muslim Brotherhood, 89, 99, 100, 227
Web site, 276
Mussolini, Benito, 323
Mustafa, Shukri, 100
Mustafa (Pranata Yudha), 142–43
Mustofa, 157
Mutawa, Naif Al-, 482
Naga of Assam, India, 324
Napoléon Bonaparte, 84, 493n 8
Narodnaya Volya (“People’s Will”), 93
Nasrallah, Hassan, 533n 6
Nassar, Gamal Abdel, 98
Nasser ed-Din, Fellah, 409–10
National Security Council
author’s briefings to, 48–49, 480
unrealistic response to terrorism, 49
Natural History of Religion, The
(Hume), 428
Nechayev, Sergei, 93
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 371, 378–79, 389, 398
Newton, Isaac, 75
nihilism, 5, 43
9/11 attacks, 103, 253, 267, 498n 1
assassination of McKinley and, 94
Commission Report, 257
costs of committing, 207
Hamburg group and, 105–12, 179
hijackers in Malaysia, 159
intelligence community response, 284–85
Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and, 4, 159
killing of innocents and, 365
motivations of terrorists, 107
parents of terrorists, 106
Pierce on, 474
religious education of terrorists, 418
second wave of jihad and, 112, 113
survey of Muslim nations on, 57–58
U.S. investigators, 207
Yarkas group and, 180
99, The, 481,
482–83, 532n 3
Nisbett, Richard, 458
Nogaeva, Roza, 327
noncombatants.
See also specific terrorist acts
Abdullah Azzam’s teachings, 129
Al Qaeda targeting of, 102
Christian Crusades and killing, 71–72
condoning of killing, 57–58, 92, 136, 148, 152, 359–60, 499n 9
Dimona attack and, 405
doctrine of
takfir
and targeting, 101, 102, 180, 454, 499n 9
killing of children, 72, 129, 137, 327, 351, 356–57, 365, 366, 413–14, 499n 9
killing of fellow Muslims, 101, 163
Madrid train bombings, 199–200
predictions of future casualties, 330
refusal to kill, 127–28, 133, 136, 152, 215
religion and violence against, 413–14
Noordin Top, 127–28,
134,
135, 143, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 164, 165, 166
Norenzayan, Ara, 416, 441, 453
nuclear threat
Al Qaeda and, 232, 240
Iran and, 380–81
Pakistan, 231–32, 236–40, 259, 506n 11
war and, 330, 331
“Oath to Jihad,” 295, 304
Obama, Barack, 1, 4–5, 153, 232, 266–67, 277, 283, 372, 471, 484–86, 488, 489, 533n 6
Obeid, Nadine, 458–59
Octavia, Andri, 148
Olmert, Ehud, 368
Omar, Mullah, 244, 253, 257, 262
“On the Arab-Israel War” (Deutscher), 349
On the Origin of Species
(Darwin), 298–99
On War
(Clausewitz), 332
“organized anarchy,” 205–6
O’Rourke, Lindsay, 326, 327
Otman El Gnaoui, 198
Ottoman Turks, 73, 77, 85, 86, 493n 8
Oulad Akcha brothers, 185, 189, 190, 192, 193, 198, 486
Pagan Tribes of Borneo
(Hose and McDougall), 5
Paintball Group, 234–35, 271
Pakistan, 227–40, 295
Afghanistan policy, 259
Al Jihad in, 499n 9
Al Qaeda and, 98, 99, 240, 260, 295
author’s close call in, 228–29
Azad Kashmir, 8, 56, 227–32
conflict with India, 102, 379–80
counterterrorism strategy for, 262–65
Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), 228, 229, 230, 231, 236
doctors and goodwill in, 232–33
earthquake in, 229, 437
Egyptian embassy bombing, 102
how to combat terrorism in, 232–33
jihadis in Kashmir, 272
LeT in, 228–29, 231–36, 271
Lord Curzon and Tribal Areas, 249, 249–50, 259
Maktab al-Khadamat, 128
nuclear fizzle bomb threat, 237–40
nuclear threat, 231–32, 236–40, 259, 506n 11
Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, 228–32
support of mujahedin, 102
Taliban and, 240, 254, 257, 258
terrorists training camps, 3, 12, 124, 128, 141, 158, 269, 272, 505n 3, 505n 9
Virginans seeking jihad in, 274–75
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 386–87
Fateh, 176, 366, 370, 371, 387, 405
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 396, 497n 15
Palestinian territories/people, 179, 227, 520n 21.
See also
Hamas
Al-Najah University, 364
‘ard wal ard
(Land and Honor), 383
author’s questions on martyrdom and rational choice in, 20
Balfour declaration and, 85
Bayt Lahiyah apartments, 355–56
Bir Zeit University, 359
Camp David summit (2000), 390
the Catastrophe
(Naqba’),
378, 388–89, 390, 391
economic and social conditions, 358–59, 406, 409
facts about suicide attacks, 358–62
Gaza, 353, 355, 370, 373, 519n 6
Hebron suicide bombers, 405–10
Hebron’s Wadi Abu Katila neighborhood, 404, 406, 409,
490
hudna,
351, 370, 385–86, 399
humiliation and vengeance, 357–58
Islamic Jihad, 332, 341
Israel and, 351–72, 518n 1
Jabaliyah Refugee Camp, 352–56