Blood and Rage_ A Cultural History of Terrorism - Michael Burleigh [366]
5 The term Islamofascism is used by Martin Amis, Christopher Hitchens and countless commentators. Islamobolshevism is less frequently employed by among others Niall Ferguson
6 See Michael Doran, ‘Statement on CIST Strategy’, which argues that Muslim self-perception is more important than how the US is perceived by others. I am grateful for the opportunity to have discussed these issues with Mr Doran
7 See Steve Coll’s marvellous The Bin Ladens (London 2008)
8 Jonathan Powell, Great Hatred; Little Room. Making Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford 2008); briefing session with Under-Secretary Eric Edelman at the Carlton Club, London, 14 March 2008. The Irish anecdote comes from a source who prefers to remain anonymous
9 Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War (London 1999). There is a much better book by Peter Coleman, the former editor of Quadrant, called The Liberal Conspiracy. The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Struggle for the Mind of Postwar Europe (London 1989)
10 Ed Husain, The Islamist (London 2007) is an important account of Trotskyite-style entryism by Islamists into Britain’s low-grade higher- and further-education colleges
11 See the forthcoming Centre for Social Cohesion report by Anthony Glees, Islam in Britain. The Government’s Security-driven Plans to Reform the Teaching of Islam in English Universities (London 2008)
12 Martin Evans and John Phillips, Algeria. Anger of the Dispossessed (New Haven 2007) p. 170
13 For a good discussion of the internet and terrorism see Marc Sageman, Leaderless Jihad. Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century (Philadelphia 2008) pp. 109-23. The Dutch intelligence services have also produced a number of high-grade reports on this issue. Of course, one should not neglect the radicalising impact of satellite TV, especially in the ‘dish cities’ of the Netherlands, or of mainstream satellite and terrestrial news broadcasters who recycle scenes of atrocity at half-hourly intervals. See also Fred Burton, ‘The Web of Jihad: Strategic Utility and Tactical Weakness’ Stratfor 13 June 2006 pp. 1-4
14 Damian Thompson, Counterknowledge. How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History (London 2008) is one of many recent titles dealing with these broader cultural issues
15 See the director Maajid Nawaz’s In and Out of Islamism (London 2008) and Quilliam Foundation (ed.), Pulling Together to Defeat Terrorism. Recommendations for Uprooting Islamist Extremism (London 2008)
16 See Michael Burleigh, ‘Lawyers Sap our Will to Combat Terrorism’ The Times 27 July 2007 p. 17
17 Floyd Abrahams, ‘Foreign Law and the First Amendment’ Wall Street Journal 30 April 2008. Unfortunately, the laws of libel prevent my being any more specific, but interested readers can consult the magazine Private Eye for some relevant examples of the problem
18 Sean O’Neill, ‘Terror Suspect Who Won Court Battle Identified as “Senior Al-Qaeda Agent”’ The Times 26 April 2008
19 Relevant books include Nick Cohen, What’s Left? (London 2007) and Andrew Anthony, The Fallout (London 2007)
20 For an interesting discussion on the Churches and 9/11 see Jean Bethke Elshtain, Just War against Terror. The Burden of American Power in a Violent World (New York 2003)
21 Among the many commentaries on Williams’ remarks see Melanie Phillips, ‘Seven Deadly Reasons Why the Archbishop Should Not be Allowed to Get Away with It’ Daily Mail 13 February 2008 p. 14. The archbishop was essentially responding to aggressive Islamist self-assertion by saying that Britain should become a bit more Muslim. He was also unmindful of a worldwide flock that in some countries (including areas of the UK as well as Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan) is under siege by Muslim extremists
22 Philip Jenkins, God’s Continent. Christianity, Islam and Europe’s Religious Crisis (Oxford 2007) pp. 52-3
23 See the important article by John Cornwell, ‘Are Muslim Enclaves No-go