Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists (71 page)

Mamluks, 81, 493n 8

Manchester, William, 334

Mandela, Nelson, 400

Maqdisi, Abu Mohammed al-, 152

Marco Polo, 494n 5

Martinez, Peter, 281

Martyr, The
(Mahmud), 318

martyrdom, 83

in Afghanistan, 130

Al-Najah Martyrs’ exhibit, 364–65

Al Qaeda and, 102

author’s questions on, and rational choice, 4, 20

the Cause and, 33, 129, 482

glory and, 22–23, 57, 121, 290, 328, 482

Internet connections and, 268

involvement in rituals and, 453–54

Iran-Iraq War and, 497n 15

Israel-Palestine conflict and, 353–56

juramentoados
in the Philippines, 96

Madrid train bombers, 201–3

“martyrdom video,” 321–22

martyrs as heroes, 26–27, 56, 210, 212–13, 406, 486

Masada and, 92

Mazuak martyrs, 48, 49,
211

motivations, 299–300, 363, 406–10, 479

parable told by Ba’asyir on, 21–22

perceived sense of injustice and, 360

proselytizing for, 277, 354

recruitment, 182–83, 362–64

self-sacrifice, understanding, 299–300

small group dynamics and, 48, 49

studies on moral imperative for terrorism, 341–44

suicide bombers and, 24–27, 167

video of Madrid train bomber, 45

youth culture and, 478

Marx, Karl, xiii, 457, 469

Marzook, Abu Musa, 368–69, 389, 399

Marzuki, Zulkifli, 146

Masood, Nabeel, 24–27,
26,
48–49

Masri, Khalid al-, 111–12

Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 253

Mastruki, 125

Maundeville, Sir John, 70

Maya Indians, 441

Maymouni, Mustapha, 179, 180, 181–82

McCain, John, 1, 495n 13

McChrystal, Stanley, 263–64, 265

McDougall, William, 5, 6

McKinley, William, 94, 95, 97

McManus, John, 334

McPherson, James, 338

McVeigh, Timothy, 131–32, 161, 474

media, 96, 97

-driven movements, 473, 476–77

as fuel for terrorism, 272–79, 289–90, 454, 456, 484

globalized religion and, 456

global political cultures and, 41, 477

radical imams’ proselytizing, 276–77

Medin, Doug, 379, 522n 52

Merari, Ariel, 326, 361, 364

Meshaal, Khaled, 397–400, 489

Middle East.
See also
Israel

Arab conquest, 78–79

Arabic language and culture in, 81

Balfour declaration, 85

barber’s comment on, 488–89

British colonizing of, 84–85

as cradle of civilization, 78

European power in, 85

failure of Western models in, 86–88

Hashemite princes, 84–85

Islamic revivalism in, 88–90

Muslim Brotherhood in, 89

pan-Arab nationalism, 86

peace prospects, 373–79

rise of violent Islam in, 89–90

Saudi conquest of Arabia, 84

term coined by Mahan, 77–78

Midhar, Khaled al, 160

Milestones on the Road
(Qutb), 365

Milgram, Stanley, 221

Mohammad, 78

Mohammed, Khaled Sheikh, 4, 108, 112, 123, 128, 134, 155–56, 158, 159, 160, 161, 498n 1

Moneir Mahmoud Aly al-Messery, 175, 178, 179, 180

Mongols, 82–83, 84, 493n 8, 494n 5, 495n 15, 532n 3

Moroccan Fighting Islamic Group, 174, 181

Morocco, 47–54.
See also
Tetuán, Morocco

Al Dakhla mosque, Tangiers, 109

Al Quds mosque and, 109, 179

community in Germany, 109

France and, 85

Justice and Mercy Movement, 190

Moro Islamic Liberation Front, 159, 261

Moscow subway bombings, 327

Moskos, Charles, 299

Moussaoui, Zacharias, 160–61

Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC), 321

Muaellem, Walid, 397

Mualana, Nana, 167

Mubarak, Hosni, 98, 102

Mubarok, 134, 141, 144, 148, 157, 501n 13

Mueller, Robert, 283

mujahedin (holy warriors), 3, 36, 17, 79, 120, 140, 163, 384, 473, 486

in Afghanistan, 99, 102, 122, 141, 158, 187, 251–52, 499n 9

Atok, commander in Sulawesi, 15,
16

author’s studies, 11, 14, 20, 35, 48, 237

Pakistani, 48, 102, 179

small group dynamics and, 35, 163

Mukhlas (Ali Ghufron), 119–21, 131,
134,
135, 141, 143–44, 145, 146, 148, 150, 157, 161, 162

Mumbai attacks, 232–36, 273, 505n 9

Munandar, Aris, 126

Muqaddimah (An Introduction to History
[Khaldûn]), 59

Musharraf, Pervez, 230–31, 235

Muslim Brotherhood, 89, 99, 100, 227

Web site, 276

Mussolini, Benito, 323

Mustafa, Shukri, 100

Mustafa (Pranata Yudha), 142–43

Mustofa, 157

Mutawa, Naif Al-, 482

Naga of Assam, India, 324

Napoléon Bonaparte, 84, 493n 8

Narodnaya Volya (“People’s Will”), 93

Nasrallah, Hassan, 533n 6

Nassar, Gamal Abdel, 98

Nasser ed-Din, Fellah, 409–10

National Security Council

author’s briefings to, 48–49, 480

unrealistic response to terrorism, 49

Natural History of Religion, The
(Hume), 428

Nechayev, Sergei, 93

Netanyahu, Benjamin, 371, 378–79, 389, 398

Newton, Isaac, 75

nihilism, 5, 43

9/11 attacks, 103, 253, 267, 498n 1

assassination of McKinley and, 94

Commission Report, 257

costs of committing, 207

Hamburg group and, 105–12, 179

hijackers in Malaysia, 159

intelligence community response, 284–85

Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and, 4, 159

killing of innocents and, 365

motivations of terrorists, 107

parents of terrorists, 106

Pierce on, 474

religious education of terrorists, 418

second wave of jihad and, 112, 113

survey of Muslim nations on, 57–58

U.S. investigators, 207

Yarkas group and, 180

99, The, 481,
482–83, 532n 3

Nisbett, Richard, 458

Nogaeva, Roza, 327

noncombatants.
See also specific terrorist acts

Abdullah Azzam’s teachings, 129

Al Qaeda targeting of, 102

Christian Crusades and killing, 71–72

condoning of killing, 57–58, 92, 136, 148, 152, 359–60, 499n 9

Dimona attack and, 405

doctrine of
takfir
and targeting, 101, 102, 180, 454, 499n 9

killing of children, 72, 129, 137, 327, 351, 356–57, 365, 366, 413–14, 499n 9

killing of fellow Muslims, 101, 163

Madrid train bombings, 199–200

predictions of future casualties, 330

refusal to kill, 127–28, 133, 136, 152, 215

religion and violence against, 413–14

Noordin Top, 127–28,
134,
135, 143, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 164, 165, 166

Norenzayan, Ara, 416, 441, 453

nuclear threat

Al Qaeda and, 232, 240

Iran and, 380–81

Pakistan, 231–32, 236–40, 259, 506n 11

war and, 330, 331

“Oath to Jihad,” 295, 304

Obama, Barack, 1, 4–5, 153, 232, 266–67, 277, 283, 372, 471, 484–86, 488, 489, 533n 6

Obeid, Nadine, 458–59

Octavia, Andri, 148

Olmert, Ehud, 368

Omar, Mullah, 244, 253, 257, 262

“On the Arab-Israel War” (Deutscher), 349

On the Origin of Species
(Darwin), 298–99

On War
(Clausewitz), 332

“organized anarchy,” 205–6

O’Rourke, Lindsay, 326, 327

Otman El Gnaoui, 198

Ottoman Turks, 73, 77, 85, 86, 493n 8

Oulad Akcha brothers, 185, 189, 190, 192, 193, 198, 486

Pagan Tribes of Borneo
(Hose and McDougall), 5

Paintball Group, 234–35, 271

Pakistan, 227–40, 295

Afghanistan policy, 259

Al Jihad in, 499n 9

Al Qaeda and, 98, 99, 240, 260, 295

author’s close call in, 228–29

Azad Kashmir, 8, 56, 227–32

conflict with India, 102, 379–80

counterterrorism strategy for, 262–65

Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), 228, 229, 230, 231, 236

doctors and goodwill in, 232–33

earthquake in, 229, 437

Egyptian embassy bombing, 102

how to combat terrorism in, 232–33

jihadis in Kashmir, 272

LeT in, 228–29, 231–36, 271

Lord Curzon and Tribal Areas, 249, 249–50, 259

Maktab al-Khadamat, 128

nuclear fizzle bomb threat, 237–40

nuclear threat, 231–32, 236–40, 259, 506n 11

Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, 228–32

support of mujahedin, 102

Taliban and, 240, 254, 257, 258

terrorists training camps, 3, 12, 124, 128, 141, 158, 269, 272, 505n 3, 505n 9

Virginans seeking jihad in, 274–75

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 386–87

Fateh, 176, 366, 370, 371, 387, 405

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 396, 497n 15

Palestinian territories/people, 179, 227, 520n 21.
See also
Hamas

Al-Najah University, 364

‘ard wal ard
(Land and Honor), 383

author’s questions on martyrdom and rational choice in, 20

Balfour declaration and, 85

Bayt Lahiyah apartments, 355–56

Bir Zeit University, 359

Camp David summit (2000), 390

the Catastrophe
(Naqba’),
378, 388–89, 390, 391

economic and social conditions, 358–59, 406, 409

facts about suicide attacks, 358–62

Gaza, 353, 355, 370, 373, 519n 6

Hebron suicide bombers, 405–10

Hebron’s Wadi Abu Katila neighborhood, 404, 406, 409,
490

hudna,
351, 370, 385–86, 399

humiliation and vengeance, 357–58

Islamic Jihad, 332, 341

Israel and, 351–72, 518n 1

Jabaliyah Refugee Camp, 352–56