How is ISIS best understood? Is it a terror group like al-Qaeda or something different? Is it truly a religious group or does is simply use Islam for its own purposes? And if ISIS can be defeated, how long will it take and what would victory look like? Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, provides us with a revealing look inside the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization.
How is ISIS best understood? Is it a terror group like al-Qaeda or something different? Is it truly a religious group or does is simply use Islam for its own purposes? And if ISIS can be defeated, how long will it take and what would victory look like? Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, provides us with a revealing look inside the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization. Book link: http://www.amazon.com/ISIS-Inside-Terror-Michael-Weiss/dp/1941393578
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Hassan Hassan is an analyst at the Delma Institute, a research center in Abu Dhabi, and a columnist for The National. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and The New York Times, among others.
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