Articles of the Week – 7/31-8/6

Saturday July 31:

Converting to Salafiyya: Non-Muslims’ Path to the “Saved Sect” – Uriya Shavit and Fabian Spengler, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/3jrQPqN

Sunday August 1:

Studying the Impact of ISIS Propaganda Campaigns – Tamar Mitts , Gregoire Phillips, and Barbara Walter, The Journal of Politics: bit.ly/3je0S2u

Monday August 2:

Evolving patterns of insurgency in Southern and West Africa: Refocusing the Boko Haram lens on Mozambique – Samuel Kehinde Okunade, Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi, and Emmanuel Matambo, African Security Review: https://bit.ly/3rXIv64

On the Road: A Closer Look at Jihad’s Foreign Fighters – R. Kim Cragin, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3isDRtz

Foreign Fighters and Cheese Bells – Thomas Hegghammer, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3iymIPv

Tracing the Line of Foreign Fighters Over Time – Aaron Y. Zelin, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3isJI2g

Tuesday August 3: 

Impunity for Repatriated Islamic State Members – Vera Mironova, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/37oshtf

Friday August 6:

A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: the case of jihadist attacks in Europe – Francesco Marone, Global Change, Peace & Security: https://bit.ly/2VAKYHk

Unpacking “glocal” jihad: from the birth to the “sahelisation’ of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – Adib Bencherif, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2VC9Kqx

Negotiating out of Counterterrorism in the Sahel – Wassim Nasr, The Soufan Group: https://bit.ly/3yvqwGH

From Global Jihad to Local Regime: HTS Builds Different Forms of Legitimacy – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3sdMQ5a