Al-Qaida, Islamic State group struggle for recruits
- Written by: Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In 2014, the Islamic State group could draw crowds of supporters, like these in Mosul, Iraq. But actual fighting recruits have been harder to come by.AP PhotoAl-Qaida was planning two sets of terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. On Sept. 11, 2021, as Americans commemorate and mourn the lives lost that Tuesday morning 20 years ago, it is...
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