Research Guide Homepage: Groups CENTCOM: Jamaat-al-Tabligh

Alternate Terms and Spellings

Tablighi Jamaat, Tableeghi Jamaat, TJ, TIJ, JAT
Society for Spreading Faith, Preaching Party, Proselytizing Group

Social Media

Tablighi Jamaat
Facebook page.

News and Media Websites

Muslim Group in France Is Fertile Soil for Militancy
Craig S. Smith, The New York Times, April 28, 2005,

Basic Information

A transnational pacifist religious movement on the fringes of numerous terrorism investigations. Tablighi Jamaat's role as a springboard to terrorist organizations has been questioned several times but there is no evidence that the Tabligh Jamaat deliberately act as a recruiting arm for Islamic militant organizations.

Founder: Muhammad Ilyas
Regions with significant populations: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany, Krygyzstan, Sri Lanka, France, United States
Religion: Sunni Islam
Offshoot of Deobandi movement

eBooks

Unholy Wars by John K. Cooley
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
To oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the US formed an anti-communist alliance with militant Islamic forces in Central Asia. This book provides an account of this alliance and how the CIA planned and ran a holy war in Afghanistan.

Books

The Future of Political Islam by Graham E. Fuller
Call Number: BP173.7 .F85 2003
A sweeping examination of political Islam's sources, diverse forms, and implications for politics in the Muslim world and its relations with the West.

Terrorism - Public News + Media Sites

Council on Foreign Relations. Terrorism.
Articles, op-eds, links to resources.
Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends in U.S. defense and national security.
The Economist
A weekly international news and business publication, offering reporting, commentary and analysis on world current affairs, business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts.

Global Terrorism Index (2016)
The GTD is considered to be the most comprehensive dataset on terrorist activity globally and has codified over 140,000 terrorist incidents.

International Security Data Site
New America’s International Security Program is focused on providing evidence-based analysis of international security issues, including the rise of political Islam, U.S. counterterrorism operations, and cyber warfare. This data site houses all of the databases that the program has compiled in its effort to bring greater transparency to such issues. They are maintained and updated on a regular basis.
The Investigative Project on Terrorism
For more than a decade, the IPT has investigated the operations, funding, activities and front groups of Islamic terrorist and extremist groups in the United States and around the world.
Journalist's Resource. Terrorism.
Open-access site that curates scholarly studies and reports.
Journal of Terrorism Research
The aim of this Journal is to provide a space for academics and counter-terrorism professionals to publish work focused on the study of terrorism.
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism.
New York Times. Terrorism.
Index of articles on terrorism and links to resources.
Real Clear Defense
Updated every morning and throughout the day, RCD culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering important issues of the day.
Small Wars Journal
The Small Wars Journal facilitates the exchange of information among practitioners, thought leaders, and students of Small Wars (insurgencies, terrorist campaign, guerrilla operations), in order to advance knowledge and capabilities in the field.
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Profiles and timelines maps.

Terrorism - Gov + Mil Sites

The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point
The CTC produces in-depth research reports on terrorist ideology, terrorist strategy and structure, and emerging threat.
Department of State. Bureau of Counterterrorism.
Resources including annual Country Reports on Terrorism.
FBI. Terrorism.
Data on Threats, Most Wanted, links to other resources.
Foreign Military Studies. Ft. Leavenworth
Translated selections and analysis from a diverse range of foreign articles and other media.
Global Incident Map
Events, attacks, incidents and more tracked by location and filed by type.
National Counterterrorism Center. Terrorist Profiles.
Terrorists are listed by first name, last name, and common aliases.

Public Open Source Databases

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
CNAS is an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization that develops strong, pragmatic, and principled national security and defense policies.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
The Center’s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop policy initiatives that look to the future and anticipate change.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
The largest central resource for DoD and government-funded research, reports and papers.
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
GTD is an open-source database with information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2015. Includes systematic data on domestic and international terrorist incidents and now includes more than 150,000 cases
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
Resources in the HSDL cover a wide range of homeland security topics and are carefully selected and evaluated.
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution dedicated to high-quality and objective research and analysis and with sophisticated analytical tools.
Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
SSI conducts strategic research and analysis and serves as a bridge to the wider strategic community with analysis, reports, newsletters, papers and more.