Saturday November 10:

Review: The Last Refuge – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: http://bit.ly/TJWYJq

Sunday November 11:

On Sovereignties in Islamic Legal History – Anver M. Emon, Middle East Law and Governance: http://bit.ly/TzNgci

Monday November 12:

Strongly Recommend Johnsen’s Book “The Last Refuge” on AQAP in Yemen – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: http://bit.ly/Ujz8or

Wednesday November 14:

The Indonesian Jamā’ah Islāmiyyah’s Constitution (PUPJI) – Jack Roche, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/TECh1t

Maqdisi’s disciples in Libya and Tunisia – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Middle East Channel: http://bit.ly/T3viDS

Shabab Prepared for Decade of War – M. Mubarak, Inside the Insurgency: http://bit.ly/RFM35M

Thursday November 15:

Between the Pen and the Sword: The Global Islamic Media Front in the West - Manuel R. Torres Soriano, Terrorism & Political Violence: http://bit.ly/RFNEZv

Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa – Vanda Felbab-Brown & James J. F. Forest, Terrorism & Political Violence: http://bit.ly/RFNKAb

The Meaning of Religion and Identity for the Violent Radicalisation of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany – Matenia Sirseloudi, Terrorism & Political Violence: http://bit.ly/Xec8Pt

Perceptions of the “Arab Spring” Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: http://bit.ly/RFPcm9

Examining the Role of Religion in Radicalization to Violent Islamist Extremism – Anne Aly and Jason-Leigh Striegher, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: http://bit.ly/RFPidv

Hymns (Nasheeds): A Contribution to the Study of the Jihadist Culture – Behnam Said, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: http://bit.ly/RFPnOd

Estimating the Duration of Jihadi Terror Plots in the United States – Edward Kaplan, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: http://bit.ly/RFPwBi

Strategic and Tactical Shift Keeps al-Qaeda Insurgency Alive in Southern Yemen – Adrian Shahbaz, Terrorism Monitor: http://bit.ly/RFPM3s

Morocco’s “New Mediators” – Sanaa Karim, Sada Journal: http://bit.ly/Qhci5I

Saturday November 3:

Salafist mouvance & sheikh-ism in the Tunisian democratic transition – Fabio Merone & Francesco Cavatorta, Dublin City University: http://bit.ly/UrFCC7

Monday November 5:

Egypt’s Salafis revert to their authoritarian roots - Mara Revkin and Magdy Samaan, The Middle East Channel: http://bit.ly/RGgo3M

Appraising al-Qaeda: The practitioner’s perspective – Raff Pantucci, The AfPak Channel: http://bit.ly/PADGKb

Losing Yemen – Gregory Johnsen, Foreign Policy: http://bit.ly/PADP0f

Tuesday November 6:

Islamic Militancy in Africa – Terje ØsTeBØ, Africa Center for Strategic Studies: http://bit.ly/PAuLbV

Wednesday November 7:

Sanaa Notebook: al-Qaeda and Electricity -Gregory Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: http://bit.ly/YMtoJA

Monday October 29:

Boko Haram’s Dangerous Expansion into Northwest Nigeria – Jacob Zenn, CTC Sentinel: http://bit.ly/RoWxYm

Kenya’s Muslim Youth Center & al-Shabab’s East African Recruitment – Christopher Anzalone, CTC Sentinel:http://bit.ly/SU7Nua

Tuesday October 30:

Al-Qaeda at the Crossroads - Shiraz Maher and Peter R. Neumann, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation: http://bit.ly/UdHXQR

The Way Forward on Combating AQ-Inspired Violent Extremism in the US – David H. Schanzer, Duke University: http://bit.ly/TScCTa

What to Make of Foreign Fighters in Mali – Andrew Lebovich, al-Wasat: bit.ly/RuJovs

Wednesday October 31:

Strategic Horizons: Al-Qaida’s Comeback – Steven Metz, World Politics Review: http://bit.ly/Tnd3EH

Friday November 2:

Boko Haram’s Growing Presence in Niger – Jacob Zenn, Terrorism Monitor: http://bit.ly/SgZuYo

‘I’ for iconoclasm: graphic novels & the (re)presentation of terrorism – Elaine Martin, Critical Studies on Terrorism: http://bit.ly/Sh4z2U

Al-Buwaytī’s Abridgment of al-Shāfi’ī’s Risāla: Edition and Translation – Ahmed El Shamsy and Aron Zysow, Islamic Law and Society: http://bit.ly/Rwhroz

The Rules of Matn Criticism: There Are No Rules – Jonathan A.C. Brown, Islamic Law and Society: http://bit.ly/Rwhwsg

The Wasatī and Salafī Approaches to the Religious Law of Muslim Minorities – Uriya Shavit, Islamic Law and Society: http://bit.ly/TYngI9

A blind spot: Jihadi radicalisation and religious ideology -Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Pragati: http://bit.ly/Rwl6mh

AQAP’s Transition From Turf Taking to Sleeper Cells in Yemen – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: http://bit.ly/RwmiWI

Introducing the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood - Mary Fitzgerld, The Mideast Channel: http://bit.ly/PLPF96

Tuesday October 23:

Nigeria: Boko Haram and a Web of Accusations in Borno State – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: http://bit.ly/VlWFWN

Egypt’s Draft Constitution Opens the Door to a Religious State – Ragab Saad, Egypt Source: http://bit.ly/VlXCOV

Exegesis of the ḥurūf al-muqattaʿa: Polyvalency in Sunnī Traditions of Qur’anic Interpretation - Martin Nguyen, Journal of Qur’anic Studies http://bit.ly/Vm14Jj

Qur’anic Inscriptions on the Coins of the ahl al-bayt from the Second to Fourth Century AH – Luke Treadwell, Journal of Qur’anic Studies http://bit.ly/Vm1bVh

The jizya Verse (Q. 9:29): Tax Enforcement on Non-Muslims in the First Muslim State – M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, Journal of Qur’anic Studies: http://bit.ly/Vm1n6U

Islamism(s) and the Arab uprisings: between commanding the faithful and mobilising the protestor - Khalid Madhi, The Journal of North African Studies: http://bit.ly/Vm1RtV

Wednesday October 24:

The State of Islamic Studies in the Study of Religion: An Introduction – Russell T. McCutcheon, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: http://bit.ly/UBVMxQ

The Study of Islam Before and After September 11: A Provocation – Aaron W. Hughes, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: http://bit.ly/TamhnB

The Essence of Essentializing: A Critical Discourse on “Critical Discourse in the Study of Islam” – Herbert Berg, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: http://bit.ly/UBW33z

Islam and the Study of Ethics – John Kelsay, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: http://bit.ly/Tamozu

The Uses and Abuses of Criticism in the Study of Islam – Richard C. Martin, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: http://bit.ly/UBWlHJ

The “Disposition Matrix” – Drones, Counterterrorism & National Security for the next decade – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: http://bit.ly/PRsuKo

Saturday October 13:

al Qaeda’s Stronger Again Today – Unstoppable In Fact – AQIM, AQAP – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: http://bit.ly/T5cEuQ

Resisting ‘Israelization’: The Islamic Movement in Israel – Tilde Rosmer, Journal of Islamic Studies: http://bit.ly/SW6YyS

Tuesday October 16:

A Basic Model Explaining Terrorist Group Organizational Structure – Joshua Kilberg, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: http://bit.ly/TZeAXt

Wednesday October 17:

The Economic Agendas and Expected Economic Policies of Islamists in Egypt and Tunisia – Nader Habibi, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies: http://bit.ly/PBQCRa

The New Salafi Politics – Edited by Marc Lynch, Project on Middle East Political Science: http://bit.ly/T5dTdm

Thursday October 18:

Ennahda’s Rule of Engagement - Monica Marks, Sada Journal: http://bit.ly/T5dYhd

The Evolution of the Jihadi Role in the Syrian Rebellion – Aaron Y. Zelin, al-Monitor: http://bit.ly/S6Qk30

Tuesday October 9:

Evolution in the Concept of Sunnah during the First Four Generations of Muslims – Arab Law Quarterly, Adis Duderija: http://bit.ly/R3uLxj

Thursday October 11:

How the Arab Spring’s Prisoner Releases Have Helped the Jihadi Cause – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Aaron Y. Zelin, The Atlantic: http://bit.ly/W8iTyG

An evaluation of the jihadist threat in Portugal – Maria do Céu Pinto, Journal of Policing, Intelligence & CT: http://bit.ly/OqCqbZ

Islamic education and youth extremism in Indonesia – Dina Afrianty, Journal of Policing, Intelligence & CT: http://bit.ly/OqCCrZ

Boko Haram: beyond religious fanaticism – Abeeb Olufemi Salaam, Journal of Policing, Intelligence & CT: http://bit.ly/OqCMzq

Friday October 12:

Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist Opposition – International Crisis Group: http://bit.ly/UUuHH5

A new Salafi politics – Will McCants, The Middle East Channel: http://bit.ly/X1YE5l

Monday October 1:

Attack in Libya Represents Subtle But Meaningul Shift in Threat to American Interests – Nada Bakos, Huffington Post: http://huff.to/QXHHYT

Tuesday October 2:

Party Politics for Morocco’s Salafis? – Sanaa Karim, Sada Journal: http://bit.ly/U7Nyhv

Wednesday October 3:

Osama bin Laden and the Saudi Muslim Brotherhood – Stéphane Lacroix, The Middle East Channel: http://bit.ly/QXIadQ

Somalia’s Sarajevo – Ken Menkhaus, Foreign Policy: http://bit.ly/QIkpWL

Saturday September 22:

Lone Wolves in Cyberspace – Gabriel Weimann, Journal of Terrorism Research: http://bit.ly/P9LRth 

Sunday September 23:

Islam offline—living ‘The message’ behind the screens – Mona Abdel-Fadil, Contemporary Islam: http://bit.ly/UHVwLK

Monday September 24:

The Somali Spring - Ken Menkhaus, Foreign Policy: bit.ly/Tr6cAA

Tuesday September 25:

Religion and Politics in Arab Transitions – Barah Mikaïl, FRIDE: http://bit.ly/PkaBix

Wednesday September 26:

No Compulsion in Religion- An Islamic Case Against Blasphemy Laws – Usama Hasan, Quilliam Foundation: http://bit.ly/QVOgZf

The Attack on the U.S. Consulate: Emerging Signs of Jihadist Sentiment in Libya – Geoff Porter, CTC Sentinel: http://bit.ly/QVOorB

Factors Responsible for Al-Shabab’s Losses in Somalia – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens & Hussein Solomon, CTC Sentinel: http://bit.ly/QVOqQv

Thursday September 27:

Teaching the Middle East: Pedagogy in a Charged Classroom – Shanna A. Kirschner, PS: Political Science and Politics: http://bit.ly/QyXaON

Planting the seeds of Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia - Louisa Loveluck, The Mideast Channel: http://bit.ly/QyXhK7

Sunday September 16:

Salafis in parliament: Democratic Attitudes and party politics in the gulf – Steve L. Monroe, The Middle East Journal: http://bit.ly/Sro73h

Monday September 17:

Libya’s Jihadist Minority - Omar Ashour, Project Syndicate: http://bit.ly/UfSyen

Jihad in Syria – Elizabeth O’Bagy, Institute for the Study of War: http://bit.ly/O9q5Kt

Drone Warfare in Yemen: Fostering Emirates Through Counterterrorism? – Leila Hudson, Colin S. Owens, and David J. Callen, Middle East Policy: http://bit.ly/RklAxr

Tuesday September 18:

Fatwa calling for the death of the director, producer, and actors involved in making the film ‘Innocence of Islam’ – Nico Prucha, Jihadica: http://bit.ly/Ql642i

Wednesday September 19:

The Sources of Salafi Conduct: Harsh Politics in the New Middle East – William McCants, Foreign Affairs: http://fam.ag/Q1Nk7Y

Thursday September 20:

Pundits Seeking Al Qaeda Connection To Libya Violence – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: http://lnkd.in/CDAjdA

Friday September 21:

Know Your Ansar al-Sharia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Foreign Policy: http://bit.ly/R5mvzs

Fatwa on the Permissibility of Killing an Ambassador – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: http://bit.ly/P6qOYM

Monday September 10:

Islam and Democracy in Practice: Tunisia’s Ennahdha Nine Months In – Sarah J. Feuer, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies: http://bit.ly/TIKXYh

Wednesday September 12:

Jihadism’s Foothold in Libya – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: http://bit.ly/SKVpRt

The Wrath of Libya’s Beleaguered Salafis – Fred Wehrey, SadaJournal: http://ow.ly/dFrxv

For Each Nation, a Different Approach – Aaron Y. Zelin, The New York Times: http://nyti.ms/QkKxEe

Jihadi Radicalization of Muslim Clerics – Rich Nielsen, Harvard University: http://bit.ly/OlSJ5f

Thursday September 13: 

Nuanced to Death – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: http://intelwire.net/RN74xL