A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Mohammed Hafez

Mohammed Hafez

Former Investigator

Lead Investigator on START Research Projects

Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad

June 2008 to May 2011

Mobilization For and Against Terrorism in the Muslim World

May 2005 to May 2009

Selected Publications

The Crisis Within Jihadism: The Islamic State’s Puritanism vs. al-Qa`ida’s Populism (Journal Article)

Fratricidal Rebels: Ideological Extremity and Warring Factionalism in Civil Wars (Journal Article)

Not My Brother’s Keeper: Factional Infighting in Armed Islamist Movements (Journal Article)

Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan, by David B. Edwards (Book Review)

Networks of Cooperation: Rebel Alliances in Fragmented Civil Wars (Journal Article)

Fratricide in Rebel Movements: A Network Analysis of Syrian Militant Infighting (Journal Article)

Deadly Clerics: Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad. By Richard A. Nielsen. (Book Review)

Apologia for Suicide: Martyrdom in Contemporary Jihadist Discourse (Book Chapter)

Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars (Journal Article)

The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes (Journal Article)

Social Network Analysis of German Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq (Journal Article)

The Radicalization Puzzle: A Theoretical Synthesis of Empirical Approaches to Homegrown Extremism (Journal Article)

News References

Washington Post: Since 2001, a Dramatic Increase in Suicide Bombings (START in the News)

PBS Newshour: U.S., Iraqi Leaders Hail al-Zarqawi Death (START in the News)