Boston: Apocalyptic Hopes, Millennial Dreams and Global Jihad
1. Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch, “Anti-Semitism, Conspiracy Theory and Apocalyptic Global Jihad”
2. Charles Small, “Ideology and Antisemitism: Random Acts or a Core Element of the Reactionary Islamist Global Jihad?”
3. Richard Landes, BU, “Active Cataclysmic Apocalyptic Scenarios, Demonizing and Megadeath: Taiping, Communists, Nazis, and Jihadis.”
Comments: David Redles, Michael Barkun
12:00-1:30 Break for Lunch
1:30-4:00 Final Panel Discussion
Paul Berman, Independent Scholar
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Independent Scholar
Jessica Stern, Harvard University
Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute
Charles Strozier, John Jay College
Brenda Brasher, Tulane University
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Selected Work
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Read “Those Who Love Death: Islam’s Fatal Focus on the Afterlife” from Heretic (2015) Here
Jeffrey Bale
Read “Islamism and Totalitarianism” (2009) Here
Read “Political Correctness and the Undermining of Counterterrorism” (2013) Here
J.M Berger
Read “The ISIS Twitter Consensus” (2015) Here
Professor Berger’s latest book, coauthored with Jessica Stern, ISIS: State of Terror, can be purchased Here
Paul Berman
Read “Why is the Islamist Death Cult So Appealing?” (2015) Here
Cole Bunzel
Read “From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State” (2015) Here
Medhi Khalaji
Read “Apocalyptic Politics: On the Rationality of Iranian Policy” (2008) Here
Richard Landes
Read “Enraged Millennials” from Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience (2011) Here
William McCants
Read “The Sectarian Apocalypse” (2014) Here
Jessica Stern
Read “The Coming Final Battle” from ISIS: State of Terror (2015) Here
Charles Strozier
Professor Strozier’s book, The Fundamentalist Mindset can be purchased Here
Graeme Wood
Read “What ISIS Really Wants” (2015) Here
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