The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

UMass professor hosts question-and-answer discussion for students on Syria and the Islamic State

Political science professor Vincent Ferraro presented a question-and-answer discussion for students on Syria and the Islamic State Tuesday night, hosted by the political science honors society Pi ...
The Conversation

What is extremist belief? An answer from medieval Islamic philosophy

Anthony Booth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
NBC New York

What is the Islamic State, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?

The FBI says recovered the stark black banner of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year's partygoers in New Orleans' French Quarter ...
The Washington Post

Want to understand Islamic extremism? The answer isn’t in Islam — it’s in the Cold War.

An image of Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani from a video uploaded on YouTube in 2012. (YouTube/AFP/Getty Images) Perspective by Paul Thomas Chamberlin Recent years have witnessed a ...