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The Third Jihad

The Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America is a 72 minute documentary released in May 2009 and produced by NBC News journalist and Clinton administration advisor Erik Werth.

Unlike its predecessor, The Third Jihad focuses on Western Europe and America, and not on worldwide radical Islam.

"Third Jihad" in the title refers to, according to the film makers the rise of Islamic terrorism (the film makers claim that Arab spread throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa in the seventh century, then the Turkish push into Constantinople and Southeastern Europe in the fifteenth century, were the first and second jihads).

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani stated that The Third Jihad was “A wake up call for America.”

In 2011, The Third Jihad was shown to over 1,489 NYPD officers over the course of three months to a year of police training. The use of the video was initially minimized by Police Academy officials, but the extent of its use was uncovered after a request under New York's Freedom of Information Act.