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in or recommendations made by this paper. That is not to say that the report‘s
recommendations (e.g., developing bio-imaging markers, surveillance technologies, data
mining) are not useful. Ultimately, however, Jihadist terrorism is about the decisions that
certain individuals make to kill other individuals. These decisions are not predestined. They
have cultural, interpersonal, and psychological antecedents. Changing the antecedents of
violence can prevent it. The authorities responsible for homeland security and the struggle
against Jihadist terrorism do not appear to have appreciated this fact as much as they
should, perhaps because social and behavioral scientists are disinclined to use qualitative
methods, such as case study methodology (Dole, 1995), to study the complex problem of
Jihadist violence. Such methods have been essential to the cultic studies field. I hope that
this paper will stimulate dialogue between researchers, helpers, community leaders,
families, and affected individuals so that they can examine the problem of Jihadist violence
from fresh perspectives, including those of cultic studies experts.
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