I was searching for the movie that so inflamed Egyptian Muslims (still haven't found it) and searched the author and found an article he wrote on terrorist websites operating in the U.S.
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/mainstream-us-islamic-websites-and-terrorMainstream US Islamic Websites -- and Terror
In counterterrorism circles there is significant buzz about "Al-Qaeda 2.0", warning of highly decentralized jihadist networks operating independently and driven by a highly toxic internet-inspired Islamic ideology. The sad reality is, however, that an increasing number of jihadist websites, especially those in the English language, are finding safe haven in the US - and the US government seems powerless, or unwilling, to stop them.
Other commentators have explored at length the "Al-Qaeda 2.0" phenomenon, but what has thus far gone unreported is how mainstream Islamic websites associated with some of the most visible Islamic organizations in the US are openly promoting extremist ideology and terrorism.
This is nothing new, of course. Before and shortly after 9/11, the Ohio State chapter of the Muslim Student Association ran an email service called MSANews, where virtually every Islamic terrorist organization in the world directly posted their public statements, including Al-Qaeda, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, the Armed Islamic Group and the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front. MSANews also published all of Osama bin Laden's pre-9/11 statements, calling him "sheikh" and identifying him as a "Saudi dissident", not a terrorist. According to an Associated Press article published just weeks after 9/11, MSANews was the subject of a federal investigation for promoting the sales of jihadist videos praising the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The MSANews list, which operated on the taxpayer-supported servers of The Ohio State University, shut down soon afterwards.
Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Mainstream US Islamic Websites -- and Terror | NowPublic News Coverage
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/mainstream-us-islamic-websites-and-terror#ixzz26GHTmwdO
