Articles of the Week – 6/5-6/11

Monday June 7:

The Islamic State has ‘provinces’ in Africa. That doesn’t mean what you might think. – Jason Warner, Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/3geiqvd

Foreign Terrorist Fighters from Russia in and after Syria and Iraq: (Trans) National Trends and Threats – Ekaterina Stepanova, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3pJ61T7

Religious Governance in Syria Amid Territorial Fragmentation – Thomas Pierret and Laila Alrefaai, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://bit.ly/3geGMoQ

From Obscurity to Authority: The Changing Reception of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma from the Eighth/Fourteenth to the Fifteenth/Twenty-first Century – Antonia Bosanquet, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/3izHvlZ

Wednesday June 9:

A Proprietary Solution to GIFCT’s Consolidated List Problem – Brett Raffish, GNET: https://bit.ly/3xaO5U7

Islamic/State: Daesh’s Visual Negotiation of Institutional Positioning – Nagham El Karhili, John Hendry, Wojciech Kackowski, Kareem El Damanhoury, Aaron Dicker, and Carol Winkler, Journal of Media and Religion: https://bit.ly/3vje0aK

Why jihadist foreign fighter leave local battlefields: Evidence from Chechnya – Emil A. Souleimanov, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/3ws6hs8

Friday June 11:

Russia Signals Biden with Attack on Syrian Jihadist Group – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3xzkWls

Hanging on in Idlib: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Expanding Tribal Engagement – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3q6pygB

The Evolution of Tunisian Salafism after the Revolution: From La Maddhabiyya to Salafi-Malikism – Fabio Merone, Théo Blanc, and Ester Sigillò, International Journal of Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/2TGRz28