Additional issues for practice, training and research.

There were many questions and issues raised either in discussions that were tangential to the scenario focus sessions, or in the plenary session that occurred at the end of the conference day. These included:

Can we characterize the relationship between culture and religion for the Saudis and Palestinians in the same manner as we do for that relationship among Americans?

How can we make use of someone who has family or other close contacts with terrorist groups?

How can law enforcement most effectively deal with the various culturally determined attitudes about women that might be found in Muslim-American communities? How might this limit or affect the efficacy of women officers?

How should response on the part of the teacher and law enforcement (in the instance of scenario 2c) depend on the country of origin of the child? How might we educate people both to know more about countries from which terrorists are likely to emerge, or--given the international characteristics of such--to look for indices that cross cultural boundaries?

How can we document the experiences and views of recent Arab- and Muslim-American immigrants?

How might law enforcement might make use of the U.S.A. Freedom Corps?

How can we document the integration practices and outcomes in European communities?

How can we document how Arab- and Muslim-American communities deal with crime within their communities?

What happens to people (psychologically and socially) when they inform on someone in their own community?

Does admitting vulnerability engender trust? How can law enforcement agents use this strategy, if it is effective, without compromising important information?

What are the effects of the U.S. policy position towards Israel on the Arab-American community?

What is the role of misogyny in fundamental religious groups (especially, fundamental Islam)?

How do terrorists cope with multiple, and perhaps quite conflicting, motivations? The empirical evidence suggests that, like soldiers, they may be troubled by the acts of violence they feel necessary to their cause.

Some cultures are explored more than others, some almost not at all. Cross-cultural research needs to increase, but with attention as to how it grows and what cultures become better understood in comparison to the parent cultures in which most psychologists reside.

A phenomenon that may be grossly under explored by psychology is diaspora or "long-distance" nationalism. Long-distance nationalism provides funding for a number of violent (as well as non-violent and charitable) organizations, both with and without contributors' knowledge.

How will the strategies the FBI and police utilize to build effective communication between the Muslim- and Arab-American communities and the local, state, and federal agencies, depend on the gender, age, and education of the community members, or the gender, age and education of the law enforcement agent?

Where within the United States might there be conditions that would support suicide bomb attacks of the sort that are part of the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis?