Lawrence Fishburne as a Barbary Pirate?
No, just a real radical Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri addressing the sixth annual rally for Islam in Trafalgar Square, London, Aug. 25, 2002. Abu Hamza allegedly lost his hands in a nitroglycerin accident, in an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. Photo by Ian Waldie, Reuters.
Europe Jihadist Push Goes Underground
"A lot of open activities that used to go on at mosques are now taking place in private flats and apartments, as mosques themselves become more vigilant and clamp down," said Peter Neumann, a political scientist at Kings College, London and author of "Joining al-Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe," a report on radicalisation in Europe.
"It's been driven underground. It's much more difficult for people like Abu Hamza to be operating out in the open, although it doesn't mean they have gone away," Neumann said.
"Mosques in Spain continue to be frequented by extremists, but potential recruits are now invited to private study group sessions as soon as a promising relationship has been established," he told Reuters.
The report found few radicals were recruited solely on the Internet, but the act of participating in a jihadist web forum facilitated recruitment by allowing participants to experience the sensation of being part of a global movement.
The Islamic Movement
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