Anouar Boukhars

Anouar Boukhars is a specialist on politics of the Muslim world. Dr. Boukhars is an assistant professor and director of the Center for Defense and Security Policy at Wilberforce University in Ohio. He is also editor of Wilberforce Quarterly Journal.

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Mauritania Confronts Structural Problems as It Steps Up Counterterrorism Efforts

08.04.2011 Anouar Boukhars

The past six weeks have seen an escalation of hostilities between Mauritanian troops and the forces of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The first...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

Mauritania’s Vulnerability to al-Qaeda Influence

07.25.2007 Anouar Boukhars

The al-Qaeda order in the Maghreb region of North Africa appears to be re-energizing, as evident in the broader drumbeat of terrorist attacks that have...

Publication Terrorism Focus Africa

The Threat of Islamist Terrorism to Germany

04.30.2007 Anouar Boukhars

The recent al-Qaeda threat to Germany over its forces in Afghanistan coupled with the arrest of four Arab men accused of supporting al-Tawhid—a terrorist organization...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Europe

Islam, Jihadism and Depolitization in the French Banlieues

09.21.2006 Anouar Boukhars

A growing number of French citizens fear that France faces "a Muslim problem." The global ravages of Denmark's cartoon jihad, triggered by offensive cartoons of...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Europe