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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)

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Justifying War: The Salafi-Jihadi Appropriation of Sufi Jihad in the Sahel-Sahara

Abdulbasit Kassim

Graduate Student, Islamic Studies & African Religions, Rice University

Jacob Zenn

Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Abdulbasit Kassim & Jacob Zenn

Mar 1, 2017

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A protest against military regime on the fifth anniversary of Egyptian revolution, in Giza, Egypt on January 24, 2016. (Hesham Fathy/Anadolu Ag

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The Muslim Brotherhood: Terrorists or Not?

Mokhtar Awad

Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Mokhtar Awad & Samuel Tadros

Mar 1, 2017

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4 Min Read

City market, Marrakech, Morocco. (Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)

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Deconstructing Daesh

Ahmed Abbadi

President, Mohammedia League of Moroccan Ulama

Ahmed Abbadi

Mar 1, 2017

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Map Of The Umayyad Caliphate Empire In 750 And The Islamic Empire In 1215. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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In Search of the Vanished Caliphate

Alexander Orwin

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Constitutional Government, Harvard University

Alexander Orwin

Mar 1, 2017

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Screenshot from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11 by the Islamic State allegedly shows militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh province.

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How al-Qaeda Survived the Islamic State Challenge

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Nathaniel Barr

Research Manager, Valens Global

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Nathaniel Barr

Mar 1, 2017

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(L-R) U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talk during the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies on March 26, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

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The Left's Blatant Hypocrisy on Russia and Iran

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Feb 24, 2017

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6 Min Read

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Can Iran Hold Together Long Term?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 20, 2017

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3 Min Read

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shake hands during a joint news conference at the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Israel Welcomes the Return of the U.S. Superpower Under Donald Trump

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Hecatombe Siria

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) answer questions during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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A Step Toward Mideast Peace: Tell the Truth