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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
A mourner reads the Quran on August 17, 2011 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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A mourner reads the Quran on August 17, 2011 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Abdullah Saeed
Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia
Abdullah Saeed
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Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
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Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
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Abdulbasit Kassim
Graduate Student, Islamic Studies & African Religions, Rice University
Jacob Zenn
Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Abdulbasit Kassim & Jacob Zenn
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A protest against military regime on the fifth anniversary of Egyptian revolution, in Giza, Egypt on January 24, 2016. (Hesham Fathy/Anadolu Ag
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A protest against military regime on the fifth anniversary of Egyptian revolution, in Giza, Egypt on January 24, 2016. (Hesham Fathy/Anadolu Ag
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Mokhtar Awad
Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Mokhtar Awad & Samuel Tadros
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Map Of The Umayyad Caliphate Empire In 750 And The Islamic Empire In 1215. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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Map Of The Umayyad Caliphate Empire In 750 And The Islamic Empire In 1215. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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Alexander Orwin
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Constitutional Government, Harvard University
Alexander Orwin
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Screenshot from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11 by the Islamic State allegedly shows militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh province.
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Screenshot from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11 by the Islamic State allegedly shows militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh province.
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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Nathaniel Barr
Research Manager, Valens Global
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Nathaniel Barr
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City market, Marrakech, Morocco. (Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)
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City market, Marrakech, Morocco. (Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)
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Ahmed Abbadi
President, Mohammedia League of Moroccan Ulama
Ahmed Abbadi
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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) answer questions during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) answer questions during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Max Singer
Senior Fellow, Co-Founder, and Trustee Emeritus
Max Singer
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