The Washington Outsider hosted an expert panel exploring the ideological similarities & tensions between Muslim Brotherhood and Khomeinism, as well as their manifestations in Italy/Europe and the Middle East. Why has the cooperation between these movements increased in recent years? Will tensions over resources & power ultimately undermine common historic roots? Watch Amr Farouk (journalist and specialist in extremist movements), Dr. Tommaso Girili (Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center), Giovanni Giacalone (Security Advisory, ITCT and Itstime), and HIsham Al-Najjar (Journalist and writer specializing in terrorism affairs). Moderated by The Washington Outsider’s Editor-in-Chief Irina Tsukerman.
Background articles:
Giovanni Giacalone’s “The Islamist Alliance for Europe”
Dr. Tommaso Virgili and Giovanni Giacalone “Muslim Brotherhood and Khomeinism in Italy: The Told and the Untold“