Muslim-American Terrorism
Charles Kurzman, Muslim-American Terrorism: Declining Further,” February 1, 2013: “Fourteen Muslim-Americans were indicted for violent terrorist plots in 2012, down from 21 the year before, bringing the total since 9/11 to 209, or just under 20 per year. The number of plots also dropped from 18 in 2011 to 9 in 2012. For the second year in a row, there were no fatalities or injuries from Muslim-American terrorism. … Sixty-six Americans were killed in mass shootings by non-Muslims in 2012 alone, twice as many fatalities as from Muslim-American terrorism in all 11 years since 9/11.” More…
- Coverage by Wired.com, February 1, 2013; US News and World Report, February 26, 2013.
- Interview with Rev. Welton Gaddy, “State of Belief” radio program, February 9, 2013.
- Interview with Michael Shure, “The Young Turks,” Current TV, February 26, 2013.
- Examine the data for yourself: Spreadsheet of Muslim-American terrorism cases from 9/11 through the end of 2012.
Earlier Reports
Charles Kurzman, “Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11,” February 8, 2012: “Twenty Muslim-Americans were indicted for violent terrorist plots in 2011, down from 26 the year before, bringing the total since 9/11 to 193, or just under 20 per year. This number is not negligible — small numbers of Muslim-Americans continue to radicalize each year and plot violence. However, the rate of radicalization is far less than many feared in the aftermath of 9/11.” More…
- Coverage in The New York Times, February 8, 2012.
Charles Kurzman, David Schanzer, and Ebrahim Moosa, “Muslim American Terrorism Since 9/11: Why So Rare?” The Muslim World, July 2011, pages 464–483: “Terrorist front organizations and their multicultural enablers claim that the threat of Islamic terrorism is exaggerated. Right-wing Islamophobes claim that the threat of Islamic terrorism is not being taken seriously enough. So which is it? In order to bring evidence to bear on this vexatious issue, we have attempted to gather information on every Muslim-American terrorism suspect and perpetrator since September 11, 2011.” More…
Charles Kurzman, “Muslim-American Terrorism Since 9/11: An Accounting,” February 2, 2011: “This report documents a downturn in the pace of Muslim-American terrorism — it remains to be seen whether this is accorded a similar level of attention, and whether the level of public concern will ratchet downward along with the number of terrorism suspects.” More…
- Review of the study by Congressman Peter King, March 9, 2011: “I’d say it’s a biased report.” More…
David Schanzer, Charles Kurzman, and Ebrahim Moosa, “Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans,” Report for the National Institute of Justice, January 6, 2010.