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⚫ A “'''Jihobbyist'''” is a person who is not an active member of a violent '']i'' organization such as ] or the ] ], but who has a fascination with and enthusiasm for ''jihad'' and ].<ref name="oneindia1">{{cite web|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/20/counterterrorism-experts-say-jihad-jane-represents-athreat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oneindia-all-news+%28Oneindia+-+News%29 |title=Counter-terrorism experts say Jihad Jane represents a threat from online 'jihobbyists' |publisher=] News |date=March 20, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref>
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⚫ A "'''jihobbyist'''" (] of ''jihad'' and ''hobbyist'') is a term coined by ] that denotes a person who is not an active member of a violent ] such as ] or the ] ] yet is receptive to ''jihad'' and ].<ref name="oneindia1">{{cite news |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/20/counterterrorism-experts-say-jihad-jane-represents-athreat.html |title=Counter-terrorism experts say Jihad Jane represents a threat from online 'jihobbyists' |publisher=] News |date=March 20, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206040131/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/20/counterterrorism-experts-say-jihad-jane-represents-athreat.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


⚫ ==Coining of the term and characteristics of jihobbyists==
The phrase used to denote this category of person involves ] based on the sounds of a more commonly used similar phrase, much as the phrase "shoe-icide bomber"—probably coined by ] or one of his writers—is used to describe ]s such as ], who seek to commit a suicide bombing with a bomb hidden in their shoe.<ref>{{cite web|author=] |url=http://www.wordspy.com/words/shoeicidebomber.asp |title=shoeicide bomber |publisher=] |date=May 17, 2002 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref>
The term was coined by Jarret Brachman in his 2008 book ''Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice''.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Brachman is the former director of research at the ]'s ].<ref name="oneindia1"/><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june10/cia_01-05.html |title=Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent |publisher=] |date=January 5, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-date=March 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325071454/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june10/cia_01-05.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He explains in his introduction to the book that he coined the new term to describe people who, without the support of al-Qaeda or other jihadist organizations, come of their own accord to support the aims of those groups.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_L5iDSTt9EC&pg=PA19|title=''Global jihadism: theory and practice''|author=Jarret Brachman|author-link=Jarret Brachman|publisher=] |year=2008 |access-date=May 27, 2010|isbn=9780203895054}}</ref> Jihobbyists "are fans in the same way other people might follow football teams. But their sport is Al-Qaeda," he explained in an interview after the ] by ], a Muslim American soldier who showed an interest in ''jihadist'' websites and views in the months prior to the shooting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Montopoli |first=Brian |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5630806-503544.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213134922/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5630806-503544.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |title=Critics Say "Political Correctness" Caused Fort Hood - Political Hotsheet |publisher=CBS News |date=November 12, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/69535822.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl |title=Links to imam followed in Fort Hood investigation |publisher=Star Tribune |date=November 8, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314051417/http://www.startribune.com/local/69535822.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl |archive-date=March 14, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="dallasnews1">{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-pointperson_29edi.2f027eb30.html |title=Point Person: Our Q&A with Jarret Brachman |publisher=] |date=November 25, 2009 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> In his book, Brachman says a jihobbyist "may be an enthusiast of the global Jihadist movement, someone who enjoys thinking about and watching the activities of the groups from the first and second tiers but generally they have no connection to al-Qaida or any other formal Jihadist groups."<ref name="Brachman2008">{{cite book|last=Brachman|first=Jarret M.|title=Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice|date=24 July 2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-89505-4|pages=19–}}</ref>


⚫ He explained in a '']'' interview by ] in January 2010 that a jihobbyist is usually "somebody who cheers from the sidelines as nothing more than a hobby". A few have perpetrated actual attacks as well.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
⚫ ==Coining of the term, and characteristics of jihobbyists==
The term was coined by ], in his 2008 book ''''.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Brachman is the former director of research at the ]'s ].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june10/cia_01-05.html |title=Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent |publisher=] |date=January 5, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref><ref name="oneindia1"/> He explains in his introduction to the book that it coins the new term "for enthusiasts of the global ''Jihadist'' ideology" comprised of individuals, cells, or groups:
<blockquote>
who emerge without direct assistance, training or support from any official al-Qaeda element. Some call them "self-starters", others refer to them as practitioners of "home-grown terrorism." Crucially, they come to the movement of their own volition. They may be guided by teachers, friends, mentors, or religious figures, but they largely drive their own radicalization.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D_L5iDSTt9EC&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=''Global jihadism: theory and practice'', by ] |publisher=] |date=2008 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref></blockquote>
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Jihobbyists "are fans in the same way other people might follow football teams. But their sport is Al-Qaeda,” he explained, in an interview after the ] by ], a Muslim American soldier who showed an interest in ''jihadist'' websites and views in the months prior to the shooting.<ref>{{cite web|last=Montopoli |first=Brian |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5630806-503544.html |title=Critics Say "Political Correctness" Caused Fort Hood - Political Hotsheet |publisher=CBS News |date=November 12, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Post your comment: Title (Optional) Your comments: |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/69535822.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl |title=Links to imam followed in Fort Hood investigation |publisher=StarTribune.com |date=November 8, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref name="dallasnews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-pointperson_29edi.2f027eb30.html |title=Point Person: Our Q&A with Jarret Brachman |publisher=] |date=November 25, 2009 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>, by ] "may be an enthusiast of the global Jihadist movement, someone who enjoys thinking about an watching the activities of the groups from the first and second tiers but generally they have no connection to al-Qaida or any other formal Jihadist groups."</ref>

'']'', in a November 2009 article entitled "The rising threat from 'jihobbyists' in the U.S.", quoted Brachman as saying further that jihobbyists:
<blockquote>know the stats of their favorite players and know their backgrounds. They know the teams, and they cheer-lead. These guys most often will never do anything, and tend to fall out of this when they actually get real responsibilities, real lives.... For the jihobbyists, Hasan was an overnight hero.... jihobbyism stops when you cross over that line from thought to action. That's not to say they're passive, because these guys are very active in the consumption and production of ideology online, and in their daily lives. But it's when they start stepping toward making something violent happen – including when you knowingly fund a terrorist organization – that crosses the line from jihobbyism to material support for terrorism.<ref name="dallasnews1"/></blockquote>

⚫ He also explained in a '']'' interview by ] in January 2010 that a jihobbyist is "somebody who cheers from the sidelines as nothing more than a hobby", and that at times, as with ], the suicide bomber in the ] that killed seven Americans at a CIA operating base in Afghanistan, a jihobbyist may then sometimes take the next step and actually do something in the name of jihad.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

Responding to an interview question as to how we might stop jihobbyists from turning violent, he said "this never happens out of the blue. We saw clues from Nidal Hasan, among others. There were a lot of red flags. The responsibility has to lie within the community, at the local level. That’s the importance of law enforcement — local guys on the beat. Also, there’s the Muslim community in the United States. There’s a civil war happening within Islam. We can try to influence from the outside, but Islam has to deal with this from the inside."<ref name="dallasnews1"/>


==Criticism== ==Criticism==
'']'' suggested that a superior term to describe such people would be: "eHadis".<ref>{{cite web|last=Shackleford |first=Rusty |url=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201503.php |title=ABC: 'Net Posse Tracked 'Jihad Jane' for Three Years |publisher=] |date=March 11, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> '']'' used the term "eHadis" to describe such people, suggesting that it was a better term.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shackleford |first=Rusty |url=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201503.php |title=ABC: 'Net Posse Tracked 'Jihad Jane' for Three Years |publisher=] |date=March 11, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>


Aaron Weisburd, who founded ], criticized the term, writing: "The problem is that the term jihobbyist conveys the notion that these guys are not serious, that they do not constitute a threat. In fact what these guys are doing is marking time while waiting for the opportunities and associations to appear that will allow them to become real jihadis."<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted on 06 December 2009 @ 13:09 |url=http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006306.php |title="Responsa: The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism", Society for Internet Research, December 8, 2009 |publisher=Sofir.org |date=December 6, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Stevens |url=http://www.icsr.info/blog/Jihobbyism-Whats-In-A-Name |title="Jihobbyism: What's In A Name?" |publisher=]|date=December 9, 2009 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Brachman responded by saying, in part, " potentially useful in that it introduces shades of grey into the discussion: it acknowledges that people can support al-Qaida and wish death upon Americans, without ever ‘joining up’ officially", and that "The term, 'Jihobbyism,' also runs the risk of creating a false dichotomy between those who 'do' and those who 'talk.' The premise is flawed because 'talking' is a form of 'doing.' It may be less immediate in its consequences, but as we’ve learned, talking can actually be more dangerous than blowing stuff up: talking can serve as a force multiplier".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=200 |title=The Pros and Cons with “Jihobbyism” |publisher=Jarret Brachman |date=December 6, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Posted on 08 December 2009 @ 02:12 |url=http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006307.php |title="Responsa: The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism", Society for Internet Research, December 8, 2009 |publisher=Sofir.org |date=December 8, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2010}}</ref> Aaron Weisburd, who founded ], criticized the term, writing: "The problem is that the term jihobbyist conveys the notion that these guys are not serious, that they do not constitute a threat. In fact what these guys are doing is marking time while waiting for the opportunities and associations to appear that will allow them to become real jihadis."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006306.php |title="Responsa: The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism", Society for Internet Research, December 8, 2009 |publisher=Sofir |date=December 6, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Stevens |url=http://www.icsr.info/blog/Jihobbyism-Whats-In-A-Name |title=Jihobbyism: What's In A Name? |publisher=]|date=December 9, 2009 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Brachman responded by saying, in part, " potentially useful in that it introduces shades of grey into the discussion: it acknowledges that people can support al-Qaida and wish death upon Americans, without ever 'joining up' officially", and that "The term, 'Jihobbyism,' also runs the risk of creating a ] between those who 'do' and those who 'talk.' The premise is flawed because 'talking' is a form of 'doing.' It may be less immediate in its consequences, but as we've learned, talking can actually be more dangerous than blowing stuff up: talking can serve as a force multiplier".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=200 |title=The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism" |publisher=Jarret Brachman |date=December 6, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006307.php |title="Responsa: The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism", Society for Internet Research, December 8, 2009 |publisher=Sofir |date=December 8, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref>


], a radical ] organization in New York City that advocates terrorism both in the U.S. and in democratic countries around the world, while observing "I would certainly have this phrase directed at me by Brachman and his associates", noted that many in the counter-terrorism field are worried that the term will lead people to underestimate the threat of domestic attacks, and suggested:<blockquote>We should use this term in our public postings ... 1. It draws a clear distinction between real mujahideen and people like me, which creates a feeling of inadequacy, and feelings of inadequacy drive people to eliminate that feeling through actions. 2. It turns any blogger who does anything remotely close to action into a failure by Brachman ... Even if Brachman's opinions have a positive result for the CT movement, it will be destroyed by the emphasis on this word by members of the jihadi community.<ref>{{cite web|last=Muslim |first=Revolution |url=http://www.revolutionmuslim.com/2010/04/counter-counter-terrorism-8-fomenting.html |title=Counter Counter Terrorism #8 – Fomenting Disunity In The Counter Terrorism Movement |publisher=] |date=April 28, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref></blockquote> ], a radical ] organization in New York City that advocates terrorism both in the U.S. and in democratic countries around the world,{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} while observing, "I would certainly have this phrase directed at me by Brachman and his associates", noted that many in the counter-terrorism field are worried that the term will lead people to underestimate the threat of domestic attacks.<ref>{{cite web|last=Muslim |first=Revolution |url=http://www.revolutionmuslim.com/2010/04/counter-counter-terrorism-8-fomenting.html |title=Fomenting Disunity In The Counter Terrorism Movement |publisher=] |date=April 28, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>


==Additional usage== ==Additional usage==
'']'' observed in November 2009 that "jihadis do not exist in a vacuum on their own. They feed off each other, giving each other support, send each other propaganda which reinforces their radicalism, and they egg each other on to transition from ... "jihobbyist" to becoming terrorists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/199632.php |title=The Jawa Report: Hasan Friend Was Jihad Enthusiast, Linked to NY City Radical Muslim (Hasan also Linked?)|publisher=] |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> '']'' observed in November 2009 that "jihadis do not exist in a vacuum on their own. They feed off each other, giving each other support, send each other propaganda which reinforces their radicalism, and they egg each other on to transition from... 'jihobbyist' to becoming terrorists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/199632.php |title=The Jawa Report: Hasan Friend Was Jihad Enthusiast, Linked to NY City Radical Muslim (Hasan also Linked?)|publisher=] |date=November 17, 2009 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>


An editorial in '']'' in February 2010 said "something is terribly wrong in our country when lunacy ... becomes a political rallying point. The same holds true whether it's a group of "jihobbyists" praising the latest attack by Muslim extremists or the tiny weirdo fringe that thinks Timothy McVeigh was justified in blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-suicide_20edi.State.Edition1.2b1c116.html |title=Editorial: No heroism in Austin suicide attack|publisher=]|date=February 19, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> ], in a February 2010 article entitled "A Beacon for Extremists: The Ansar Al-Mujahideen Web Forum", wrote that al-Khurasani was "once a prominent online 'jihadist'" who was "written off as an eccentric until he blew himself up at a Central Intelligence Agency base in southeastern Afghanistan at the behest of the Pakistani Taliban."<ref>], "", '']'', February 2010, accessed May 27, 2010]</ref> An editorial in '']'' in February 2010 said "something is terribly wrong in our country when lunacy&nbsp;... becomes a political rallying point. The same holds true whether it's a group of "jihobbyists" praising the latest attack by Muslim extremists or the tiny weirdo fringe that thinks ] was justified in blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-suicide_20edi.State.Edition1.2b1c116.html |title=Editorial: No heroism in Austin suicide attack|publisher=]|date=February 19, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> ], in a February 2010 article entitled "A Beacon for Extremists: The Ansar Al-Mujahideen Web Forum", wrote that al-Khurasani was "once a prominent online 'jihadist'" who was "written off as an eccentric until he blew himself up at a Central Intelligence Agency base in southeastern Afghanistan at the behest of the Pakistani Taliban."<ref>], "", '']'', February 2010, accessed May 27, 2010</ref>


Brachman described a virtual terrorist who uses the internet name "Nemo", and who has compiled an archive of virtual terrorist training manuals and posted them online, as the ultimate "Jihobbyist".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408301,00.html |title=Finding Nemo, the Terrorist Librarian |publisher=] |date=August 21, 2008 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> ], who was investigated for terrorism and was known by the online moniker "Jihad Jane" is one example of a jihobbyist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0319/Jihad-Jane-case-suggests-rising-threat-from-online-jihobbyists |title=Jihad Jane case suggests rising threat from online 'jihobbyists' |publisher=]|date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>


==See also==
], who was investigated for terrorism and was known by the online moniker “Jihad Jane” is one notable example of such a person.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0319/Jihad-Jane-case-suggests-rising-threat-from-online-jihobbyists |title=Jihad Jane case suggests rising threat from online 'jihobbyists' |publisher=]|date=March 19, 2010 |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> ] is another example of a American convert indicted on treason charges for his role as media adviser to al-Qaeda.
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==References== ==References==
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==Notes== ==Further reading==
⚫ *{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_L5iDSTt9EC&q=Jihobbyist |title=Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice |last=Brachman |first=Jarret |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2008|isbn=9780203895054 }}
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A "jihobbyist" (portmanteau of jihad and hobbyist) is a term coined by Jarret Brachman that denotes a person who is not an active member of a violent jihadist organization such as Al-Qaeda or the Somali Al-Shabaab yet is receptive to jihad and radical Islam.

Coining of the term and characteristics of jihobbyists

The term was coined by Jarret Brachman in his 2008 book Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice. Brachman is the former director of research at the United States Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. He explains in his introduction to the book that he coined the new term to describe people who, without the support of al-Qaeda or other jihadist organizations, come of their own accord to support the aims of those groups. Jihobbyists "are fans in the same way other people might follow football teams. But their sport is Al-Qaeda," he explained in an interview after the 2009 Fort Hood shooting by Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim American soldier who showed an interest in jihadist websites and views in the months prior to the shooting. In his book, Brachman says a jihobbyist "may be an enthusiast of the global Jihadist movement, someone who enjoys thinking about and watching the activities of the groups from the first and second tiers but generally they have no connection to al-Qaida or any other formal Jihadist groups."

He explained in a PBS NewsHour interview by Gwen Ifill in January 2010 that a jihobbyist is usually "somebody who cheers from the sidelines as nothing more than a hobby". A few have perpetrated actual attacks as well.

Criticism

The Jawa Report used the term "eHadis" to describe such people, suggesting that it was a better term.

Aaron Weisburd, who founded Internet Haganah, criticized the term, writing: "The problem is that the term jihobbyist conveys the notion that these guys are not serious, that they do not constitute a threat. In fact what these guys are doing is marking time while waiting for the opportunities and associations to appear that will allow them to become real jihadis." Brachman responded by saying, in part, " potentially useful in that it introduces shades of grey into the discussion: it acknowledges that people can support al-Qaida and wish death upon Americans, without ever 'joining up' officially", and that "The term, 'Jihobbyism,' also runs the risk of creating a false dichotomy between those who 'do' and those who 'talk.' The premise is flawed because 'talking' is a form of 'doing.' It may be less immediate in its consequences, but as we've learned, talking can actually be more dangerous than blowing stuff up: talking can serve as a force multiplier".

Revolution Muslim, a radical Islamist organization in New York City that advocates terrorism both in the U.S. and in democratic countries around the world, while observing, "I would certainly have this phrase directed at me by Brachman and his associates", noted that many in the counter-terrorism field are worried that the term will lead people to underestimate the threat of domestic attacks.

Additional usage

The Jawa Report observed in November 2009 that "jihadis do not exist in a vacuum on their own. They feed off each other, giving each other support, send each other propaganda which reinforces their radicalism, and they egg each other on to transition from... 'jihobbyist' to becoming terrorists."

An editorial in The Dallas Morning News in February 2010 said "something is terribly wrong in our country when lunacy ... becomes a political rallying point. The same holds true whether it's a group of "jihobbyists" praising the latest attack by Muslim extremists or the tiny weirdo fringe that thinks Timothy McVeigh was justified in blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City." Evan Kohlmann, in a February 2010 article entitled "A Beacon for Extremists: The Ansar Al-Mujahideen Web Forum", wrote that al-Khurasani was "once a prominent online 'jihadist'" who was "written off as an eccentric until he blew himself up at a Central Intelligence Agency base in southeastern Afghanistan at the behest of the Pakistani Taliban."

Colleen LaRose, who was investigated for terrorism and was known by the online moniker "Jihad Jane" is one example of a jihobbyist.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Counter-terrorism experts say Jihad Jane represents a threat from online 'jihobbyists'". Oneindia News. March 20, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent". PBS NewsHour. January 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
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  4. Montopoli, Brian (November 12, 2009). "Critics Say "Political Correctness" Caused Fort Hood - Political Hotsheet". CBS News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  5. "Links to imam followed in Fort Hood investigation". Star Tribune. November 8, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  6. "Point Person: Our Q&A with Jarret Brachman". The Dallas Morning News. November 25, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  7. Brachman, Jarret M. (24 July 2008). Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice. Taylor & Francis. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-0-203-89505-4.
  8. Shackleford, Rusty (March 11, 2010). "ABC: 'Net Posse Tracked 'Jihad Jane' for Three Years". The Jawa Report. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  9. ""Responsa: The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism", Society for Internet Research, December 8, 2009". Sofir. December 6, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  10. Tim Stevens (December 9, 2009). "Jihobbyism: What's In A Name?". The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  11. "The Pros and Cons with "Jihobbyism"". Jarret Brachman. December 6, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
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  13. Muslim, Revolution (April 28, 2010). "Fomenting Disunity In The Counter Terrorism Movement". Revolution Muslim. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  14. "The Jawa Report: Hasan Friend Was Jihad Enthusiast, Linked to NY City Radical Muslim (Hasan also Linked?)". The Jawa Report. November 17, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
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