Jihadica is a clearinghouse for materials related to militant, transnational Sunni Islamism, commonly known as Jihadism. At the moment, much of this material is diffuse, known only to a few specialists, and inaccessible to the public and policymakers unless they pay a fee. Jihadica provides this material for free and keeps a daily record of its dissemination that can be easily searched and studied. These records are accompanied by the expert commentary of people who have the requisite language training to understand the primary source material and advanced degrees in relevant fields.
About Will
The founder of Jihadica, Dr. William McCants, has spent a decade studying Islamism and the Sunni revivalist movement known as Salafism. His publications on Jihadi-Salafism have received wide media coverage and have been repeatedly cited by Ayman Zawahiri as examples of U.S. cunning in the War of Ideas.
Since 9/11, Will has taught the subject of militant Islamism to much of the current and future leadership of the Army and the FBI. He has also consulted with a variety of federal and state institutions on Sunni militancy. Most of Will’s current educational and consulting work is through Insight Collaborative, a D.C.-based, minority-owned business in which he is a partner.
Will has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, a Master’s degree in the same field from the University of Arizona, and a B.S. in History from Lander University in South Carolina. He is currently a fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and works as a consultant in D.C.
