Articles of the Week – 5/4/-5/17

Saturday May 4:
Major salafi faction criticizes Jabhat al-Nosra – Aaron Lund, Syria Comment: https://bit.ly/16EVNGY 
Sunday May 5:
Notes on the Tsarnaevs’ Radicalization – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/18HPVcH 
Monday May 6:
Al Qâ’idah casually mentions the death of its commander in Pâkistân – Mr. Orange’s War Tracker: https://bit.ly/ZKUaDL 
Adding the Ballot to the Bullet? Hezb-e Islami in transition – Borhan Osman and Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/11bUDSm 
Tuesday May 7:
Early notes on the first issue of the jihadist magazine, Azan – Charles Cameron, Zen Pundit: https://bit.ly/12dqAVP 
What Jihadists Thought About Boston: ‘Allah Akbar. Let’s Move On’ – Shiraz Maher and Samar Batrawi, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/16SF2Z1 
Struggling to Adapt- The Muslim Brotherhood in a New Syria -Aron Lund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://bit.ly/16qLpmS
Wednesday May 8:
Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells – Christian Leuprecht & Kenneth Hall, Global Crime: https://bit.ly/10b0LHf 
Jabhat al-Nusra: A Self-Professed AQ Affiliate – Charles Lister, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/ZPCze3 
The Future of Al-Qaeda: Results of a Foresight Project – The Canadian Security Intelligence Service: https://bit.ly/11jP8kF 
The Myths of Radicalization – J.M. Berger, Intel Wire: https://bit.ly/11jV2Cl 
Friday May 10:
Expanding the Scope of Jihadology: Intro to the Hizballah Cavalcade – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/ZUwP2D 
Church–State Regimes and their Impact on the Institutionalization of Islamic Organizations in Western Europe – Patrick Loobuyck, Jonathan Debeer, and Petra Meier, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/13nbMq0 
Islamic Umbrella Organizations and Contemporary Political Discourse on Islam in Germany – Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/13nbNKC 
Citizenship/Religious Expression in West: Comparative Analysis of Experiences of Muslims in France,Germany, and the United States – Jackleen M. Salem, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/13nbS16 
Mosques and Municipalities in Belgium: Negotiating Urban Spaces – Corinne Torrekens, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/13nbTlC 
Saturday May 11:
Hizballah Cavalcade: Roundup of Iraqis Killed in Syria, Part 1 – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/10Nrc1z 
Monday May 13:
Salman al-Awdah: In the shadow of revolutions – Madawi Al-Rasheed, London Magazine: https://bit.ly/13dSr7i 
Jihadi Twitter Activism part 2: Jabhat al-Nusra on the Twittersphere – Nico Prucha and Ali Fisher, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/13eeZVy 
The Riyadh Compound Bombings: Ten Years, and Ten Lessons, Later – Thomas Hegghammer, Asharq al-Awsat: https://bit.ly/17Fvocv
Tuesday May 14:
Usama bin Ladin’s “Father Sheikh”- Yunus Khalis & the Return of AQ’s Leadership to Afghanistan – Kevin Bell, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/17qXZlA 
How Twitter Is Messing With Al-Qaeda’s Careful PR Machine – Tony Busch, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/10okSSd 
Standoff Between the Tunisian Government and Ansar al-Sharia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/14l3rlS 
What’s in the names of terrorist groups (1): Jabhah al-Nusrah – Mr. Orange’s War Tracker: https://bit.ly/140f2Hl 
Wednesday May 15:
The moral maze: Dutch Salafis and the construction of a moral community of the faithful – Martijn de Koning, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/12aTmpG 
Explaining the Western Response to the Arab Spring – Dan Byman, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/12aTPZb 
What is the Liwa’ Abu Fadl al-Abbas?: Assessing Syria’s Shia “International Brigade” Through Social Media Presence – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/10pVVpz 
The Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for a Comeback in Syria – Raphaël Lefèvre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://bit.ly/10qBOI0 
Thursday May 16:
Morocco’s Salafis: In Search of a Comprehensive Solution – Sanaa Karim, Sada Journal: https://bit.ly/16ku675 
Confronting Tunisia’s jihadists – Andrew Lebovich, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/10ZY5Iy 
The ever-evolving al-Qaeda threat – Mitchell D. Silber, The AfPak Channel: https://atfp.co/184SOpr 
Friday May 17:
British Muslim youth: radicalisation, terrorism and the construction of the “other” – Orla Lynch, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/10W0iux 
Hizballah Cavalcade: Roundup of Iraqis Killed in Syria, Part 2 – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/18QCtpE 
Roman Catholic Approaches to the Qur’an since Vatican II – David Marshall, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/12BHjDJ 
Options and Strategies for Countering Online Radicalization in the United States – Peter R. Neumann, Studies inConflict and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/12BHpLI 
State-Sponsored Social Control of Illegitimate Social Movements: Strategies Used to Financially Damage Radical Islamic, Terrorist-Labeled Organizations – Samuel C. Lindsey and Michael J. Williams, Studies inConflict and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/12BHqPL