American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

Bjelopera, Jerome P.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense policy;    Religion;    Muslims;    Counterterrorism;   

RP-ID  :  R41416
RP-ID  :  R41416_2013Jan23

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. For this report, "homegrown" describes terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The term "jihadist" describes radicalized individuals using Islam as an ideological and/or religious justification for their belief in the establishment of a global caliphate, or jurisdiction governed by a Muslim civil and religious leader known as a caliph. The term "violent jihadist" characterizes jihadists who have made the jump to illegally supporting, plotting, or directly engaging in violent terrorist activity.