Richard Landes: Caliphaters and Apocalyptic Jihad

May 29, Richard Landes: Millennial movements seek to usher in “heaven on earth,” a messianic era in which evil has been destroyed and good triumphs. When motivated by a sense of imminent success, apocalyptic millennial movements move into active phase. Global Jihadism is one of the largest and most dangerous of all such movements known in history.