The lessons of Osama bin Laden’s viral “Letter to America”
TikTok and other social media platforms allow distorted narratives to proliferate.
ByTerrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of violence to create a climate of fear in a population with the aim of disturbing the status quo, overthrowing authorities or attacking a particular group for ideological reasons. Terror has also been used by governments against their people to suppress dissent, for example in Nazi Germany.
The spectre of jihadi terror
Within militant Islamic factions, sectarian rivalries count for less than the desire for destruction.
By
The Hamas attack was driven by a brutal ideology
The atrocities committed against Israeli civilians have roots in the same fanaticism activists face in Iran.
By
The rise of the Unabomber right
How American conservatives fell in love with Ted Kaczynski.
By
The IRA’s blank assassin
The Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher.
By
Britain needs a new approach to extremist violence
One year on from the Plymouth shooting, policy is still struggling to keep up with new types of terrorist threat.
By
Death of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul puts the Taliban on notice
The killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri exposes tensions among Afghanistan’s rulers.
By
Prevent is Islamophobic by design, not accident
As a teacher, I see how Muslimness itself is deemed a risk factor for radicalisation.
By
Texas synagogue attack shows corrosive power of anti-Semitism
Yes, there really are people who think the Jews control everything. That belief degrades all of society.
By
UK raises terror threat level to “severe”. What does this mean?
A further terrorist attack is now regarded as “highly likely” by the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.
By
America, 20 years after 9/11
Jeremy Cliffe and Sarah Manavis explore the long shadow of the 11 September attacks.
What do we remember when we remember 9/11?
Our remembrance of 9/11 is about the greatness of America; in the process, it fails Americans.
By
A new docuseries captures 9/11 minute by minute
9/11: One Day in America forces the viewer to experience the attacks in painful detail.
By
Leader: The long shadow of 9/11
After 20 years of failed interventionism and a humiliation in Afghanistan, Joe Biden's US may have found a role better…
By
Why the London Bridge attack is a challenge for Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson
Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech on two subjects that have a ready audience among a British public that is still…
By
Iran has been the winner of the Middle East unrest since 9/11 but now Trump is hitting back
Although we should be used to it by now, the sight of a US president casually lobbing around threats of…
By
The story of Moira Smith – the only female NYPD officer to perish in the line of duty on 9/11
A comic book artist pays tribute to one of New York City’s heroines.
By
Amazon’s 9/11 series, The Looming Tower, has two fantastic performances at its heart
Plus, new Netflix documentary series Flint Town.
By
Fifteen years on from 9/11, how the UK bypassed justice to become a counter-terrorism state
The sinister story of legislation in Britain following the New York terrorist attacks.
ByA 9/11 reader
Ten of the best articles on the tenth anniversary of the attack.
By- 1
- 2