From the Middle East Quarterly

Dissident Watch: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
by Richard L. Benkin

review of Israel and the Family of Nations
by Seth J. Frantzman

Cyprus at a Crossroads
by Mehmet Hasgüler and Murat Tüzünkan

MEF Articles

Major Hasan's Islamist Life
by Daniel Pipes :: November 20

Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood
by Raymond Ibrahim :: November 18

Fort Hood and the Academic Apologists
by Cinnamon Stillwell :: November 15

Sudden Jihad or "Inordinate Stress" at Ft. Hood?
by Daniel Pipes :: November 9

Islamist Perfidy and Western Naivety
by Raymond Ibrahim :: November 9

MEF Wires

"The Muslim World Needs Reform"
by Wafa Sultan :: October 20

The War in Afghanistan
by Joseph C. Myers :: September 29

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In the Spotlight:

On Nov. 5, Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on a shooting spree at Ft. Hood, the largest U.S. military base in the world. He killed 13 and injured over 30 soldiers, while shouting "Allahu akbar". The MEF revisits Daniel Pipes' writings on American Muslims committing terrorist acts:

• Sudden Jihad or "Inordinate Stress" at Ft. Hood? (November 9, 2009)
• [Naveed Haq and] "Sudden Jihad Syndrome" in Seattle (August 8, 2006)
• Sudden Jihad Syndrome (in North Carolina) (March 14, 2006)
• L.A.'s Thwarted Terror Spree (September 6, 2005)
• The Saudis' Covert P.R. Campaign (August 10, 2004)
• Pentagon Jihadis (September 29, 2003)
• [Hasan Akbar and] Murder in the 101st Airborne (March 25, 2003)
• The Snipers: Crazy or Jihadis? (October 29, 2002)
• Terror & Denial [by Hadayat at LAX] (July 9, 2002)