Americans vs Europeans: Guess Who Deals Better With Islamism? with Sam Westrop

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With 9/11 over two decades behind us, many Americans have concluded that Islamism is no longer a pressing enough issue of concern. Newspapers and television networks rarely cover the topic. Legislators on both sides of the aisle work with Islamist groups previously deemed beyond the pale. In Europe, by contrast, major media outlets still regularly publish investigations into Islamist networks and government inquires issue warnings about radical Muslim communities in their midst. What explains this difference? What are its implications? How can the counter-Islamist movement re-focus American public attention on the challenge posed by radical Islam?

Sam Westrop has headed MEF’s Islamist Watch project since 2017. He previously ran Stand for Peace, a London-based counter-extremism organization that monitored Islamist movements throughout the UK. Originally from London, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 2015.

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