Tag: Anwar Al Awlaki
Focus on Internet Imams as Recruiters for Al Qaeda
By ERIC SCHMITT and ERIC LIPTON January 1, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Many imams are using the internet to recruit young Muslims and potentially indoctrinate and radicalize them. One imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, seems to be linked to both the Fort Hood shooter and the Nigerian underwear bomber.
Born in U.S., a Radical Cleric Inspires Terror
By SCOTT SHANE November 19, 2009.
Print: New York Times
The preaching of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni imam born in the U.S., may have played a role in motivating the Fort Hood killer and a group of Canadian Muslims who planned to attack the Canadian parliament and behead the prime minister.
