{"id":1596,"date":"2024-10-18T15:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T15:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:28:58","slug":"al-qaeda-isis-and-the-present-and-future-of-jihadi-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2024\/10\/18\/al-qaeda-isis-and-the-present-and-future-of-jihadi-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Present and Future of Jihadi Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"Center for Policy Studies Public Affairs Discussion Group – Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Present and Future of Jihadi Islam. With Karl C Kaltenthaler, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Michael J. Morell Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Akron<\/title><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" width=\"640\" style=\"padding:3px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"702\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"margin: -1.9px 2px 2px 2px;padding:5px\">\n<table style=\"padding:px\" align=\"center\" width=\"637\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"629\" colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"margin: 2px 2px 2px 2px;text-align: center;font-size: 12px\">\n<p style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left;margin: 3px 0px 0px;font-size: 24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/238\/2024\/06\/07135207\/cas_logo_newsletters2.jpg\" alt=\"CAS\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/policy.case.edu\" height=\"100\" width=\"328\"><br \/><strong><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" color=\"#0a304e\">Center for Policy Studies<br \/>Public Affairs Discussion Group<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"margin: -4px -4px -4px -4px;text-align: center;font-size: 0px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin: -1.9px 2px 2px 2px\" align=\"center\" width=\"640\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"502\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 3px\">\n<table width=\"627\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"98%\" height=\"33\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"margin: 0px 2px 2px 2px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;padding: 1px\"><strong><font color=\"#0a304e\">Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Present and Future of Jihadi Islam<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"627\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"margin: 0px 2px 2px 2px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;padding: 2px\"><img align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/238\/2025\/10\/25022503\/kaltenthaler_karl4.jpg\" hspace=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p> <font color=\"#0a304e\"><strong>Karl C Kaltenthaler, Ph.D. – Professor and Director of the Michael J. Morell Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Akron<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"FFFFFF\" style=\"margin: 2px 2px 2px 2px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;padding: 2px\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><strong>Friday October 18, 2024<br \/>\n\t12:30-1:30 p.m.<br \/>Meeting Both In-Person and by Zoom<br \/>\nDampeer Room, Second Floor of Kelvin Smith Library<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"3\" color=\"#990000\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"#0a304e\"><strong>Case Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0a304e\">Dear Colleagues:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0a304e\"><strong>I regret to say that we need to postpone the originally-scheduled discussion for Friday, October 18.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>We will have to reschedule that. In the meantime,<\/strong><\/font> <strong><font color=\"#990000\">Karl Kaltenthaler<\/font><font color=\"#0a304e\">, who was originally scheduled for October 25,<\/font> <font color=\"#990000\">has agreed to move his talk to this week<\/font><font color=\"#0a304e\">.<\/font><\/strong><font color=\"#0a304e\"><\/p>\n<p>With Israel at war with both Hamas and Hezbollah, amid humanitarian disaster, the Middle East is getting horrified attention. But potential conflicts in the Middle East extend beyond Israel and Palestine, as we might be reminded by<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2024\/10\/hezbollah-war-against-syria\/680212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><u>Syrian rebels\u2019<\/u><\/font><\/a> <font color=\"#0a304e\">reactions to the assassination of Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Hassan Nasrullah.<\/p>\n<p>For most of the past two decades, American attention has been directed less to Hezbollah and Hamas, localized organizations, than to the broader \u201cJihadi\u201d movement of which the most prominent manifestations have been Al Qaeda, perpetrator of 9\/11, and ISIL (also called Da\u2019esh), which<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/article\/timeline-the-rise-spread-and-fall-the-islamic-state#:~:text=The%20Islamic%20State%20%E2%80%93%20also%20known,troops%20to%20Iraq%20in%202007.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><u>temporarily conquered<\/u><\/font><\/a> <font color=\"#0a304e\">large parts of Iraq and Syria. The meaning of jihad has been contested for centuries and is<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/rpl.hds.harvard.edu\/faq\/jihad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><u>debated among Muslims<\/u><\/font><\/a> <font color=\"#0a304e\">today. But \u201cJihadi\u201d movements at a minimum involve religious sanction and legitimation for military conflict against non-Muslims or Muslims viewed as apostates. And whether we are looking at<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/euaa.europa.eu\/country-guidance-nigeria\/121-boko-haram-including-jas-and-isis-wa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><u>Boko Haram<\/u><\/font><\/a> <font color=\"#0a304e\">in Nigeria or the November 13, 2015<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-34818994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><u>attacks in Paris<\/u><\/font><\/a><font color=\"#0a304e\">, terrorist attacks outside the immediate vicinity of Palestine tend to be associated with broader Jihadi organizations. In fact,<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/ATAG\/2015\/557007\/EPRS_ATA(2015)557007_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0a304e\"><u>one briefing<\/u><\/font><\/a> <font color=\"#0a304e\">for the European Parliament argues that, \u201cmilitant groups" like Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Palestinian Hamas adhere to a more conservative understanding of jihad. Jihadist groups like al Qaeda and ISIL\/Da\u2019esh regard them with hostility: Hezbollah due to its Shia origins; Hamas because of its involvement in man-made structures of governance, including the fight against jihadi groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore it makes sense to look back at the broader structure of conflict between \u201cIslam\u201d (or some versions) and \u201cthe West\u201d (or some parts of it). And at the conflicts within Islam also represented by Jihadi movements. The Political Science Department is fortunate to have Karl Kaltenthaler guest-teaching our students about that this semester! And so I am very glad he has agreed to talk with our Public Affairs group as well.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,<\/p>\n<p> Joe White<br \/>\n Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/font>\n <\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" style=\"padding:0px\" \/>\n<h3><font color=\"#0a304e\">About Our Guest<\/font><\/h3>\n<p><font color=\"#0a304e\"><strong>Karl Kaltenthaler\u2019s<\/strong> research and teaching focuses on security policy, political violence, political psychology, public opinion and political behavior, terrorism, counterterrorism, and xenophobia. He has been part of or completed multiple research studies in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, and the United States. He is currently researching the radicalization process and recruitment into violent political extremism as well as ways to counter this process (Countering Violent Extremism). This work has resulted in academic publications and presentations as well as reports and briefings for the U.S. government. His research has been published in three books, multiple book chapters, as well as articles in <em>International Studies Quarterly<\/em>, <em>Political Science Quarterly<\/em>, <em>Studies in Conflict and Terrorism<\/em>, as well as other journals.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"margin: -4px -4px -4px -4px;text-align: center;font-size: 0px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin: -4px 2px 2px 2px;padding: 0px\" align=\"center\" width=\"640\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin-top: 0px;padding: 0px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\n<p align=\"center\"> Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/fridaylunch.case.edu\"><font color=\"#004480\">Public Affairs Discussion Group Web Site.<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> Center for Policy Studies | Mather House<br \/>\n 111 | 11201 Euclid Avenue |<br \/>\n Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7109 | Phone: 216.368.6730 | <a href=\"mailto:padg@case.edu\"><font color=\"#004480\"><u>padg@case.edu<\/u><\/font><\/a> |<br \/>Part of the: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.case.edu\/artsci\"><font color=\"#004480\"><u>College of Arts and Sciences<\/u><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">© 2024 Case Western Reserve University |<br \/> Cleveland, Ohio<br \/>\n 44106 | 216.368.2000 | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.case.edu\/legal.htm\"><font color=\"#004480\"><u>legal notice<\/u><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Center for Policy Studies Public Affairs Discussion Group – Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Present and Future of Jihadi Islam. With Karl C Kaltenthaler, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Michael J. Morell Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Akron<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left;margin: 3px 0px 0px;font-size: 24px\"><strong>Center for Policy StudiesPublic Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Present and Future of Jihadi Islam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Karl C Kaltenthaler, Ph.D. – Professor and Director of the Michael J. 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