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Islamism

Since its onset, the Program on Extremism has devoted substantial attention to the activities of Islamist groups, particularly in Western countries. The Program’s director, Lorenzo Vidino, has studied the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and North America for more than 20 years, authoring two acclaimed books and regularly consulting with various governments on the subject. The Program has also produced reports on the Salafist movement in America and other Islamist movements.


Recent Publications

 


 

The Muslim Brotherhood's Pan-European Structure

This study seeks to be a primer on Muslim Brotherhood-influenced networks in Europe. It aims to provide a common framework of what constitutes the Brotherhood in Europe, who belongs to it, how the network operates and what its views and goals are.

Salafism in America: History, Evolution, Radicalization

This study is one of the first to focus solely on Salafism in the United States. Drawing on multiple primary sources, including interviews with leading American Salafis, it provides an overview of the history, evolution, and contours of the movement in America.


 

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Books

Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | August 2010

Commentaries

The Myth of Moderate Jihadis
Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | FP | September 22, 2021


Austria, Not France, is the Model for Europe’s Crackdown on Islamists

Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | Foreign Policy | November 11, 2020


Europe Frets, America Yawns: The Trans-Atlantic Gap on Domestic Islamism
Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | Hudson Institute | July 16, 2020


Erdogan’s Long Arm in Europe
Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | Foreign Policy May 7, 2019


The Muslim Brotherhood: Terrorists or Not?
Authored by Mokhtar Awad and Samuel Tadros | The Wall Street Journal | March 1, 2017


Why the United States Should Be as Circumspect as the British about the Muslim Brotherhood
Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | Lawfare | February 12, 2017


Egypt's New Radicalism: The Muslim Brotherhood and Jihad
Authored by Mokhtar Awad | Foreign Affairs | February 4, 2016


 Sharia4: From Confrontational Activism to Militancy
Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | Perspectives on Terrorism | Terrorism Research Initiative
April 2015 

Media Coverage

The Muslim Brotherhood's European Constellation” | Le Point | 1/24/2022


Jewish leaders renew antisemitism fight after hostage case” | Star Tribune | 1/24/2022


Political Islam more dangerous than Islamist terror” | Kronen Zeitung | 10/30/2021


Lorenzo Vidino: "The EU and its governments are naively financing Islamism"” | ABC Espana | 3/8/2021


Social transformation project” | Frankfuter Allgemeine | 2/7/2021


State Department Cuts Ties With Islamic Charity Over Anti-Semitism” | Free Beacon | 1/18/2021


Europe needs tougher laws to fight the Islamist threat” | The Times | 11/7/2020


Researcher: Has Sida missed the almost daily Islamic Relief scandals?” | Ledare | 8/28/2020


Criticism of Swedish aid after revelation of anti-Semitism” | Värlen Idag | 8/27/2020


New Islamic Relief Worldwide chairman celebrated Muslim Brotherhood on social media” | The National | 8/27/2020


Confederation washes controversial Islamic aid organization clean” | Tages Anzeiger | 8/24/2020


Swedish tax money should not go to anti-Semitism” | Ledare | 8/24/2020


Entire board resigns at Islamic Relief Worldwide” | London Times | 8/22/2020

Occasional Papers

The Muslim Brotherhood in Austria
Lorenzo Vidino | August 2017


Muslim Brotherhood in the United Kingdom
Lorenzo Vidino | December 2015

Reports

Islamist Homophobia in the West: From Rhetoric to Violence

Authored by Lorenzo Vidino and Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens | September 2022


The Muslim Brotherhood's Reaction to the Taliban's Return to Power

Authored by Sergio Altuna | November 2021


 

Antisemitism as an Underlying Precursor to Violent Extremism in American Far-Right and Islamist Contexts

Authored by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens Bennett Clifford, Lorenzo Vidino | October 2020


Kemal Helbawy: A Pioneer of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

Authored by Lorenzo Vidino | January 2020


Authored by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens | October 2018