Articles of the Week – 12/14-12/20

Sunday December 15:
Media Metrics: How Arab & Western Media Construct Success & Failure in the ‘Global War on Terror’ – Sarah V. Marsden, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1k5Qky7 
Salafi Violence and Sufi Tolerance? Rethinking Conventional Wisdom – Mark Woodward, Muhammad Sani Umar, Inayah Rohmaniyah, and Mariani Yahya, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1k5QtBp 
Simultaneous Attacks by Terrorist Organisations – Kathleen Deloughery, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1dEtqZH 
Monday December 16:
Is the Terrorist Threat Declining? The Use and Abuse of Statistics – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: https://bit.ly/18Lwmk8 
Theorising the “suspect community”: counterterrorism, security practices and the public imagination – Marie Breen-Smyth, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1eiEsIV 
Tuesday December 17:
Up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria; steep rise among Western Europeans – Aaron Y. Zelin, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation: https://bit.ly/1jeqOsm
Muslim Prisoners, Radicalization and Rehabilitation in British Prisons – Imran Awan, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/1bNzfo8 
Faith-Based Organizations and the Secular State: The Establishment of a Muslim Study Association in Sweden – Tobias Harding, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/18wMVFM 
Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the Arab Spring – Nelly Lahoud, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/1hZfXRr 
Wednesday December 18:
Rule of Fear: ISIS Abuses in Detention in Northern Syria – Amnesty International: https://bit.ly/1do28GK 
Are ad-hoc attacks really the future of jihadism? – Andrew Zammit, The Murphy Raid: https://bit.ly/1do2oVY 
Thursday December 19:
Foreign Jihadists in Syria: Tracking Recruitment Networks – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/1i4e1r6 
The Ahmadiyya and the Study of Comparative Religion in Indonesia: Controversies and Influences – Ahmad Najib Burhani, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/1i4jhLa 
Radical distinctions: a comparative study of two jihadist speeches – Gilbert Ramsay and Sarah Victoria Marsden, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1i4jIoW 
The Political Science of Syria’s War – The Project on Middle East Political Science: https://bit.ly/JPhT0Z
Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria – Emmanuel Karagiannis, The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/J8llm1 
Friday December 20:
Law Enforcement Tactics and Their Effectiveness in Dealing With American Terrorism: Organizations, Autonomous Cells, and Lone Wolves — Christopher Hewitt, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1etT0W2
Lone Wolf Islamic Terrorism: Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad (Carlos Bledsoe) Case Study – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1c8lZeO