Erick Stakelbeck The Terrorist Next Door Summary
Chaz Woodson
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Speaker #2 Analysis & Critique
1. SPEAKER’S NAME, TITLE, AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:
Erick Stakelbeck, The Terrorist Next Door, Author and CBN News Host
2. TOPIC(S):
What the real threat of terrorism is in the United States.
Why the Obama Administration is concealing the true magnitude of terrorist attacks and activity in the US.
3. DATE OF PRESENTATION:
June 25, 2013
4. ONLINE SOURCE: BookTv.org
During his presentation and in his book Erick Stakelbeck takes us through the world of Islamic terrorism. He recounts his experience interviewing al-Qaeda terrorist leaders and his conversation former al-Qaeda operatives and associates of Osama bin Laden. During the presentation Stakelbeck tells us how the international …show more content…
Just one day after Anwar al-Awlaki issued a fatwa calling for the killing of millions of Americans, Stakelbeck found that –just a few miles from the White House — the largest Islamic store in the Washington, D.C., area featured a prominent display of Awlaki’s CDs and DVDs, along with other racist hate materials and books defending Islamic terrorism. When he interviewed the store’s owner he was told that the materials were for sale because “they were very good sellers.” Erick Stakelbeck has been willing to ask prominent U.S. Muslim leaders hard questions about their support for Islamic radicalism. Mr. Stakelbeck has traveled to Dearborn, Michigan, and interviewed supposed “interfaith” leader Imam Mohammed Ali Elahi, who regularly consults with the Detroit FBI leadership. Imam quickly got tongue-tied after being asked about his open support for terrorist groups and the photographs on his own website that showed him with former Iranian dictator Ayatollah Khomeini and with leaders of
Jus 630
Speaker #2 Analysis & Critique
1. SPEAKER’S NAME, TITLE, AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:
Erick Stakelbeck, The Terrorist Next Door, Author and CBN News Host
2. TOPIC(S):
What the real threat of terrorism is in the United States.
Why the Obama Administration is concealing the true magnitude of terrorist attacks and activity in the US.
3. DATE OF PRESENTATION:
June 25, 2013
4. ONLINE SOURCE: BookTv.org
During his presentation and in his book Erick Stakelbeck takes us through the world of Islamic terrorism. He recounts his experience interviewing al-Qaeda terrorist leaders and his conversation former al-Qaeda operatives and associates of Osama bin Laden. During the presentation Stakelbeck tells us how the international …show more content…
Just one day after Anwar al-Awlaki issued a fatwa calling for the killing of millions of Americans, Stakelbeck found that –just a few miles from the White House — the largest Islamic store in the Washington, D.C., area featured a prominent display of Awlaki’s CDs and DVDs, along with other racist hate materials and books defending Islamic terrorism. When he interviewed the store’s owner he was told that the materials were for sale because “they were very good sellers.” Erick Stakelbeck has been willing to ask prominent U.S. Muslim leaders hard questions about their support for Islamic radicalism. Mr. Stakelbeck has traveled to Dearborn, Michigan, and interviewed supposed “interfaith” leader Imam Mohammed Ali Elahi, who regularly consults with the Detroit FBI leadership. Imam quickly got tongue-tied after being asked about his open support for terrorist groups and the photographs on his own website that showed him with former Iranian dictator Ayatollah Khomeini and with leaders of