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Noor Dahri - Founder & Executive Director - ITCT
Mr. Noor Dahri is the Founder and Executive Director of Islamic Theology of Counter Terrorism- ITCT, a UK based Counter Islamist Terrorism Think Tank. Noor is also a contributing writer at US Homeland Security Magazine. He was an active member of Lahskar -e-Taibah (LeT), a Jihadist organisation in Pakistan. Noor Dahri has also worked with the London Police department for the last seven years. He has studied Forensics and Criminal Psychology from Oxford - UK, Counter Terrorism from the University of Maryland - U.S.A and also studied Counter Terrorism from International Institute for Counter Terrorism ICT- Israel. He is an independent researcher in Counter Islamist Terrorism and Radicalisation.
Mr. Dahri has written many research articles on the hot issues such as Counter Terrorism, Violent Extremism, De-Radicalisation and Israel-Palestine conflict which have been published in various newspapers. Noor has attended many events, conferences on the threat of Counter Terrorism and also visited many institutes and libraries. Noor is a Middle East Analyst at The Great Middle East and a regular contributor at the Times of Israel (Israel) and The Daily Times (Pak). He has appeared on numerous TV and Radio shows for his interviews.
Noor is a first Pakistani, who has been officially invited to deliver his speeches at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism -ICT in Israel on the topic of From Dawah To Jihad: Breaking the Radicalization and Violent Cycle. Mr. Noor is the fellow member of the Intelligence Community USA and a member of the security think tank Henry Jackson society UK. He regularly attends discussion-based events in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (UK Parliaments). He has visited many countries for his research work.
Noor Dahri received a Life Achievement Award Certificate by Lord Frank Judd at The House of Lords-London in 2017.
He has authored two books: Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalisation and Counter Strategy and Terra Nullius: The Rebirth of a Land Without Peace that were published from India in 2019.
Maia Jackson-Analyst - Counter-terrorism-South Asia Desk (USA)- ITCT
Maia is a Development Analyst at Together Central Buganda and an Editor at Fletcher Security Review. She was a Research Intern at International Institute for Counter Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel. Ms Jackson also worked as an Educator with Yazda, a global Yazidi organization, on its Women & Children Trauma Victims Rainbow Support Program. She has also worked with Yazda as a Manager on its 2014 Yazidi Genocide United Nations Assessment Report.
She is currently pursuing her Masters in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Her field of study is in Human Security| International Security Studies and Perceptions of Governance in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. She writes about Islamic State and can speak Spanish as a second language.
Dr. Joan Swart-Senior Analyst - Psychology of Terrorism - Africa Desk (South Africa) - ITCT
Dr. Swart is a South African psychologist, author, consultant and researcher. Dr. Swart has completed Masters in Forensic Psychology at the HLC-accredited Walden University and a doctorate at the BPPE-approved Eisner Institute for Professional Studies, based in Encino, California. She is currently a consultant and researcher at the Apsche Institute, based in Leesburg, Virginia.
Swart is affiliated with the Apsche Institute where she conducts research and consultation. The Apsche Centre specializes in Mode Deactivation Therapy, a third-wave cognitive-behavioural therapy approach that was developed to treat adolescents with behavioural problems. She is an expert in behavioural analysis, especially in the field of criminal and violent behaviour, extremism, and personality disorders.
She is also a consulting committee member at the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases (AISOCC), which is a multidisciplinary group of scholar/practitioners, investigators, and others whose goal is to review cold cases in order to develop new leads/information and/or investigative strategies for the requesting agencies. She is a member of the AISOCC Behavioural Sciences Committee and Social Media Committee.
Swart is an editorial board member of the peer-reviewed journal, International Journal of Behavioural Consultation and Therapy (IJBCT), that is published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Dr Joan has authored many books including:
1. Social Media & Mental Health: Depression, Predators, and Personality Disorders (Cognella Academic Publishing, 2018)
2. Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook (CRC Press, 2017)
3. Treating Adolescents with Family-Based Mindfulness (Springer, 2015)
Dr. Tehmina Ranjha - Senior Analyst - Counter-terrorism - South Asia Desk (Pakistan) ITCT
Dr. Tehmina is from Pakistan and currently holds a position as a Research Analyst at Centre for Security Strategy and Policy Research and Assistant Professor at School of Integrated Social Sciences, University of Lahore. She has a distinguished academic record and she is the youngest PhD from University of the Punjab with a PhD in Political Science with focus on Religious Militancy in Pakistan. She is a CT expert and mostly works on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in college and university campuses. She is also a national speaker on topics related to CVE and de-radicalisation. She has also worked with the Pakistani military, Police and NACTA to help establish a CVE narrative of Pakistan and to educate students at campuses to counter violent extremism. She is among the very few Pakistani women who are working on CVE and de-radicalisation.
She has M.Phil in Political Science from GCU Lahore. She has had the privilege of working with esteemed educational institutions such as Government College University Lahore, University of the Punjab, Fast National University, Kinnaird College for Women Lahore and University of Lahore. She was also the former member of Youth Parliament Pakistan Batch 7-year 2015; a program by PILDAT and Danish Embassy, in Youth Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security and developed a report on National Action Plan. She is part of the international CVE community with a constant networking on various platforms on Terrorism and Counter Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism and Crime Prevention.
Arturo Morselli-Analyst - Counter-terrorism - Europe Desk (UK)- ITCT