New blog by Ed Husain, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and expert on counterradicalization, offers a unique perspective on Middle East. Mr. Ed Husain explores the role of religion in Muslim-majority societies, the narrative and appeal of radicalism, and efforts to counter facets of Islamist extremism.
Mr. Husain, among other things, explains the emergence of Islamist extremist hardliners from within the ranks of the Libyan rebels and why they may be the biggest problem facing post-Qaddafi Libya. He als
o tracks al-Qaeda’s narrative and appeal; and weighs how Pakistan’s challenges compared with those in the Arab world.
Ed Husain: www.cfr.org/experts/religion-religion-and-politics-syria/ed-husain/b15381
