AUDIO :: Bloggers Conference Call with Dr. Boaz Ganor
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Dr. Ganor is the founder of the Institute for Counter Terrorism, the author of numerous books and articles, and a former adviser on international terrorism to leading governmental leaders in the State of Israel.
Dr. Ganor entitled his briefing: Global Jihadi Terrorism and the Use of the Internet.
He discussed why the current threat of global Jihadi Islam is the greatest danger the world has ever faced and why the conflict is far more dangerous than the Cold War. The new threat is the synergy between al-Qaeda and like minded terrorist networks with Muslim communities in western societies and using these "western" Muslims to launch attacks and promote a radical Islamist agenda. The terrorists are using tools like the Internet to galvanize support and indoctrinate many Western Muslims into their ideology of hate.
Dr. Ganor discussed how terrorists are using blogs, forums, and chat-rooms to recruit allies among Muslims living in the West. Many Muslims living in the West are second generation immigrants, many feel discriminated, searching for an identity, many are young looking to belong to something bigger than them with a goal for their lives.
The terrorists give them a black and white solution - revenge against humiliation. This misuse of the Internet is a growing threat, very dynamic and poses a new challenge to western societies.
Conquering terrorism has to involve many methods but without real international cooperation we cant reach efficiency in dealing with it.
Ultimately, Dr. Ganor stressed that the only was to combat this threat is with the help of the "moderate" Muslim regimes. Global Jihad is a problem within the global Islamic society. Radicals threaten Muslim regimes like Christians and Jews. Non-radical Muslims must unite and deal with this incitement and indoctrination. They need to use this not for altruism but to save themselves from the radicals.
Some of the other bloggers on the call: Banagor of Broadsword, Anne Lieberman of Boker Tov Boulder, and Jerry Gordon of Israpundit.
