Saturday February 23:
Turning ex-combatants into Sadris: explaining the emergence of the Mahdi Army – Amir Taha, Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2EpQ0dB
From Islamic reform to Muslim activism: The evolution of an Islamist ideology in Kenya – Ngala Chome, African Affairs: https://bit.ly/2KYTozx
Monday February 25:
Heretics, Pawns, and Traitors: Anti-Madkhali Propaganda on Libyan Salafi-Jihadi Telegram – Nathan Vest, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/2GUpVHb
Tuesday February 26:
An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism: the new logic between religion and state in the AKP’s New Turkey – Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies: https://bit.ly/2UiQdWY
Wednesday February 27:
Repatriating Western Jihadists: The Impact of U.S. Syria Policy – Matthew Levitt and Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/2GUq7pT
Transnational security challenges in North Africa: Moroccan foreign fighters in Syria 2012–2016 – Mohammed Masbah, Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2En6iUD
Philippines: The Black Flag Flies on Facebook – Nathan Shea, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2tKBCaT
Perspectives on the Future of Women, Gender and Violent Extremism – Audrey Alexander, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2IHQKjF
Thursday February 28:
Fringe Fluidity: How Prior Extremist Involvement Serves as a Distinct Radicalization Pathway – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Madeleine Blackman, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/2BZ0iAZ
Friday March 1:
Dealing with the dark side: The effects of right-wing extremist and Islamist extremist propaganda from a social identity perspective – Diana Rieger, Lena Frischlich, and Gary Bente, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/2NOY38d
The calypso caliphate: how Trinidad became a recruiting ground for ISIS – Simon Cottee, International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2Tp40yx