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Books & Videos

Search our library catalog below for books and DVDs from the Metropolitan State University Library on topics including:

Terrorism
Terrorists
Antiterrorism and counterterrorism
The "War of Terror"
Jihad
Al-Qaeda

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Event

Community Forum:

Radicalization and Terrorism: Implications for our Dynamic and Diverse Communities

Date: Wednesday, November 5^th
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Location: Metropolitan State University, Law Enforcement Criminal Justice and Education Center
Address: Room 112, 9110 Brooklyn Blvd. Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

Please join the conversation, which will follow introductory remarks by Metropolitan State University Devinder Malhotra, with these panel discussants:

Kyle Loven, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Minneapolis
Imam Hassan Mohamud, Minnesota's Da'wah Institute
Jon Olson, Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Ilhan Omar, Senior Policy Aide to Minneapolis City Councilmember Andrew Johnson
Dr. Hal Pickett, Director, Headway Emotional Health Services

This event is sponsored by Metropolitan State University’s School of Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice, Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship, American Democracy Project, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Student Club, Hennepin County Technical College School of Law Enforcement, and the FBI Minneapolis Citizens Academy Alumni Association.

For more information, please contact School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice professors Raj Sethuraju at nadarajan.sethuraju@metrostate.edu or Jill Peterson at jill.peterson@metrostate.edu.

On the Web

Combating ISIS
From PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
ISIS and the Forgotten, Deadly Threat of Homegrown Terrorism
From The Atlantic Monthly magazine.
ISIS: The street gang on steroids
Written by Metropolitan State Assistant Professor James Densley.
Minneapolis FBI Office
Minnesota Da'wah Institute
The Rise of ISIS
A PBS Frontline special

Scholarly Articles

A sampling of scholarly articles from the library for further reading:

Alimahomed, A. (2014). Homeland Security Inc.: Public order, private profit. Race & Class, 55(4), 82-99.
Boyle, H., & Songora, F.G. (2004). Formal legality and East African immigrant perceptions of the "War on Terror." Law & Equality.
Gilly, T.A. (2013). The new paradigm: Terrorism policing is more than policing terrorists. The need for adaptive models of terrorism policing. Homeland Security Review, 7(2), 179-226.
Kundnani, A. (2012). Radicalisation: The journey of a concept. Race & Class, 54(2), 3-25.
Tyler, T.R., Schulhofer, S., & Huq, A.Z. (2010). Legitimacy and deterrence effects in counterterrorism policing: A study of Muslim Americans. Law & Society Review, 44(2), 365-401.

An article from CQ Research, a library database that provides extensive background on current events and issues:

Mantel, B. (2014). Assessing the threat from al Qaeda: Is the militant Islamist group still a danger to the West? CQ Researcher, 24(24), 553-576.

Databases

Find research articles through these library databases.

Sage Journals Online
Scholarly journal articles in a wide variety of subject areas from the publisher Sage.
Sociological Abstracts
Scholarly articles about sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Although this database is not full-text, you can still obtain the articles through either Full Text Journal Finder or the Search for Full Text icon.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Scholarly, peer reviewed articles on criminology, crime, law enforcement, and related topics.

Although this database is not full-text, you can still obtain the articles through either Full Text Journal Finder or the "search for full text" icon.

Beyond the Frames: Alternative Perspectives on the War on Terrorism

This Media Education Center video offers a series of stand-alone interviews with some of the most prominent scholars, experts, and activists in political and social thought that critique mainstream media's coverage of the war on terrorism. Featuring Interviews with: Seth Ackerman, Belquis Ahmadi, Joan Blades, Maliha Chishti, Noam Chomsky, Jo Commerford, Kevin Danaher, Cynthia Enloe, Henry Giroux, Janine Jackson, Robert Jensen, Sut Jhally, Darryl Kimball, Michael Kimmel, Mhahsa Khanbabai, Naomi Klein, Manning Marable, Mark Crispin Miller, Bernie Sanders, Ritu Sharma, Vandana Shiva, and Alisa Solomon.

The Muslims I Know

"A far cry from media depictions of extremist militants, America’s small community of Muslims longs to be heard and understood. This documentary attempts to bridge the cultural chasm between mainstream U.S. society and Muslim Americans whose hopes and dreams are no different than those of previous immigrant generations. Focusing on Pakistani-born citizens and their families, the film highlights similarities between Islam and the other Abrahamic faiths, celebrates cultural richness and diversity, and dispels stereotypes by addressing questions from non-Muslim Americans in candid interviews."

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