The Islamic faith has five pillars, and jihad is not among them—yet it is spreading as a devastating ideology in the Muslim world and its border areas. An interview with jihad researcher Anthony Celso.

As the current financial, energy and food crises are destabilizing governments around the Middle East, will terrorist organizations grow bolder and more ‘apocalyptic’ in their approach, posing new terror threats to Europe?

The United States has eliminated Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda. This may be the biggest blow to the terrorist organization since the killing of bin Laden.