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Generation Jihad - Episode #2


This is also part of this series: Generation Jihad (3)

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Subjects: Global Issues, International Justice, International Relations, Islam, Law, Law Enforcement, Psychology, Sociology, Terrorism, Youth Violence

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2010
Available in French: No

This three-part series examines the new threat posed by young Muslims who have embraced militant Islam.

Across the western world it’s no longer Al Qaeda that governments are most concerned about. Instead it’s the home grown terror plots hatched by their own citizens. Generation Jihad has become the defining story of our age.

Inspired by Osama Bin Laden they are the young Muslims who have rejected the values of both their parents and the western countries they were born in and have instead embraced militant Islam.  They have little or no direct connection to Al Qaeda yet they have been radicalized to the point where they are prepared to kill their fellow citizens. Across the world plots have been uncovered to destroy buildings, behead leaders of state and unleash biological warfare. Where have they come from? How have they organised themselves? What can we do about the threat they pose?

Filming in North America, Britain, Europe, the Middle East and South Asia, this series features contributions from families of the extremists as well as police and security services.