Category: Articles of the Week

Saturday August 26:
Jihadi-Salafism Makes Strange Bedfellows: On the Death of Muhammad Ibrahim Shaqra – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/2w8Y3c2 
Sunday August 27:
The Context of the Manchester Bombings in the Words of the “Islamic State” on Telegram – Nico Prucha, Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/2eAceRn
Monday August 28:
Eulogies for the Resistance: Hizbullah, Syria and the ‘Crisis Imaginary’ – Jack Joy, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication: https://bit.ly/2xqi9wZ 
Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit – George Selim and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2wbsSMU
Children of the Caliphate Young IS Returnees and the Reintegration Challenge – Liesbeth van der Heide and Jip Geenen, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2wOS91l
Tuesday August 29:
From Grozny to Raqqah with stopover Brussels – The ‘Eastern Contingent’ of Belgian foreign terrorist fighters – Pieter Van Ostaeyen and Guy Van Vlierden, Emme Jihad: https://bit.ly/2iRsY7W
Why Radicalization Fails: Barriers to Mass Casualty Terrorism – Pete Simi and Steven Windisch, C-Rex: https://bit.ly/2guTNKz
It Comes with the Territory: Why States Negotiate with Ethno-Political Organizations – Victor Asal, Daniel Gustafson, and Peter Krause, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2yEBi1Z 
Wednesday August 30:
A Community of True Believers: Learning as Process among “The Emigrants” – Michael Kenney, Terrorism and Political Violence : https://bit.ly/2esfL40 
Engaging Religion and Religious Actors in Countering Violent Extremism – Peter Mandaville and Melissa Nozell, USIP: https://bit.ly/2wvFSgG
Thursday August 31:
A Collective Profile of IS Commanders – Ronen Zeidel, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2iKKs5Z 
Awareness Trainings and Detecting Jihadists among Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from The Netherlands – Joris van Wijk and Maarten P. Bolhuis, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2iLl6oF 
Towards Academic Consensus Definitions of Radicalism and Extremism – Astrid Bötticher, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2emwiTl 
Al Qaeda and the Islamic State’s Break: Strategic Strife or Lackluster Leadership? – Tricia Bacon and Elizabeth Arsenault, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2xoXZlN 
Friday September 1:
Studying Politics Across Media – Leticia Bode and Emily K. Vraga, Political Communication: https://bit.ly/2esFJkv 
Wilayat Internet: ISIS’ Resilience across the Internet and Social Media – Laurence Bindner and Raphael Gluck, Bellingcat: https://bit.ly/2xD8FOO
An Ethnographic Study on the Indonesian Immigrant Community and its Islamic Radicalization in South Korea – Minwoo Yun and Eunyoung Kim, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2xJDfqC
Affecting Terrorism: Laughter, Lamentation, and Detestation as Drives to Terrorism Knowledge – Charlotte Heath-Kelly and Lee Jarvis, International Political Sociology: https://bit.ly/2fWMXOx 
Governing in Space of the “Seam”: Airport Security after the Liquid Bomb Plot – International Political Sociology – Marijn Hoijtink, International Political Sociology: https://bit.ly/2fWVNvM 
Social movement theory reflections on the use of suicide violence in the Nigerian Boko Haram – Kingsley Ekene Amaechi, Journal for the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/2gHCRBg 
Attachment theory and religious violence: theorizing adult religious psychopathology – Victor Counted, Journal for the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/2ii8h1E 

Saturday August 19:
The Life of Abu Hamza Tawheed of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2vviOLo
Shaykh Aminu Daurawa, Boko Haram and the Theological Discourse on Suicide Bombing – Abdulbasit Kassim, Medium: https://bit.ly/2iwRnjb
Ethical Considerations and Dilemmas Before, during and after Fieldwork in Less-Democratic Contexts: some Reflections from Post-Uprising Egypt – Arne F. Wackenhut, The American Sociologist: https://bit.ly/2xyRihw
Tuesday August 22:
Countering Islamic State Messaging Through “Linkage-Based” Analysis – J.M. Berger, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2wE6Fso
Twitter data laid almost bare: an insightful exploratory analyser – Xin Xiao, Antonio Attanasio, Silvia Chiusano, and Tania Cerquitelli, Expert Systems with Applications: https://bit.ly/2etZBUm 
Wednesday August 23: 
What Makes a Terrorist? – Nafees Hamid, New York Review of Books: https://bit.ly/2w40Scp
Thursday August 24:
Jihadism in the Spanish Language After the Barcelona Attacks – Manuel R. Torres, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2wuTzgO
The Return of Al-Qaeda to Pakistan – Farhan Zahid, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/2xiNqBQ
Friday August 25:
The Non-Economic Functions of Rebel Taxation: New Data from the Islamic State in Syria – Mara Revkin: https://bit.ly/2wbm4z3 
Conflict imagery in a connective environment: audiovisual content on Twitter following the 2015/2016 terror attacks in Paris and Brussels – Axel Bruns and Folker Hanusch, Media, Culture & Society: https://bit.ly/2hG3qXz

Saturday August 12:
The Life of Abu Qasura Kanakari of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2ie0ANa
Tuesday August 15:
Disrupting Daesh: Measuring Takedown of Online Terrorist Material and its Impacts – Maura Conway, Moign Khawaja, Suraj Lakhani, Jeremy Reffin, Andrew Robertson, and David Weir, Vox Pol: https://bit.ly/2wLGRaB 
Part 3: Controlling territory – applying theology as absolute public and private governance – Nico Prucha, Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/2uYpUsf
The Uighurs and China’s Regional Counter-Terrorism Efforts – Zachary Abuza, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/2uPKRd2
Al-Qaeda’s Quiet Resurgence in India – Animesh Roul, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/2fSRSTE
Wednesday August 16:
Britain on Alert: The Attacks in London and Manchester and the Evolving Threat – Raffaello Pantucci, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2vDItEX 
The Mujahidat Dilemma: Female Combatants and the Islamic State – Charlie Winter Devorah Margolin, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2vDzbJ6 
Banning Encryption to Stop Terrorists: A Worse than Futile Exercise – Aaron Brantly, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2vDEbgO 
Predicting the Shape of Iraq’s Next Sunni Insurgencies – Michael Knights, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2v96b8t
The Dilemma of Kenya’s New Counterterrorism and Asymmetric Warfare – Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, Peace Review: https://bit.ly/2ibNrnR 
Ethnic Clashes, Jihad, and Insecurity in Central Mali – Ousmane Aly Diallo, Peace Review: https://bit.ly/2wXPTl9
Thursday August 17:
Combating the Cult of ISIS: A Social Approach to Countering Violent Extremism – Joel Day and Scott Kleinmann, The Review of Faith & International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2wXVZSl
All Shari’a is Local: Islam and Democracy in Practice in Northern Nigeria – Brandon Kendhammer, The Review of Faith & International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2xbGRAb
The Islamic State May Be Failing, but Its Strategic Communications Legacy Is Here to Stay – Colin Clarke and Charlie Winter, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2w4UHYp

After almost a four year hiatus, I hope to once again post ‘articles of the week’ every Friday.
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Tuesday August 8:
Intervention in Mali: building peace between peacekeeping and Counterterrorism – Bruno Charbonneau, Journal of Contemporary African Studies: https://bit.ly/2ul4xB3
Islamic State’s next move could be underground criminal networks – Aisha Ahmad, Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2wQ0jlH
‘The battle is all there is’: Philosophy and history in international relations theory – Richard Devetak, International Relations: https://bit.ly/2vmIVHA 
Wednesday August 9:
The Assault in Sayad: Did Taleban and Daesh really collaborate? – Obaid Ali, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/2wwM8Tf 
Thursday August 10:
A Deadly Delusion: Were Syria’s Rebels Ever Going to Defeat the Jihadists? – Sam Heller, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2wACu1W
Exploding Stereotypes: The Unexpected Operational and Demographic Characteristics of Boko Haram’s Suicide Bombers – Jason Warner and Hilary Matfess, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2wx9s3u
Jihad Wins in Idlib – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/2vnFmAW
From Resilience to Fragmentation: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Jihadist Group Modularity – Adib Bencherif, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2vpZ0fA 
Security Provision and Political Formation in Hybrid Orders – Michael Lawrence, Stability: International Journal of Security and Development: https://bit.ly/2uNSTOG
Friday August 11:
China and the Middle East security governance in the new era – Degang Sun, Contemporary Arab Affairs: https://bit.ly/2wAVZaE
The ISIS Prison System- Its Structure, Departmental Affiliations, Processes, Conditions, and Practices of Psychological and Physical Torture – Asaad Almohammad, Anne Speckhard, and Ahmet S. Yayla, International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism: https://bit.ly/2vY2Lti
Terrorism Financing with Virtual Currencies: Can Regulatory Technology Solutions Combat This? – Iwa Salami, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2ho1rHr

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

Saturday November 30:
Hagar’s Wanderings: Between Judaism and Islam – Marcel Poorthuis, Der Islam: https://bit.ly/1fQIt7e 
The Geography of the Isnād: Possibilities for the Reconstruction of Local Ritual Practice in the 2nd/8th Century – Najam Iftikhar Haider, Der Islam:  https://bit.ly/1fQIyaX 
Al-Ṭabarī’s Kitāb Marātib al-ʿUlamāʾ and the Significance of Biographical Works Devoted to ‘the Classes of Jurists’ – Devin Stewart, Der Islam: https://bit.ly/1fQIFDo 
Abū l-Faraj Hārūn (Jerusalem, 11th c.) on majāz, between uṣūl al-naḥw, uṣūl al-fiqh and iʿjāz al-Qurʾān  – Miriam Goldstein, Der Islam: https://bit.ly/1fQIPe0 
The ‘War on Terrorism’: What Does it Mean to Win? – Audrey Kurth Cronin, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/1cdA8Ht 
Tuesday December 3:
Rebels Consolidating Strength in Syria: The Islamic Front – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/IqtAKF 
Friday December 6:
Playing with Fire- Why Private Gulf Financing for Syria’s Extremist Rebels Risks Igniting Sectarian Conflict at Home – Elizabeth Dickinson, Brookings Institution: https://bit.ly/1bn63Vw 
Syria’s Gulf Brigades – Elizabeth Dickinson, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/1bn6q2w 
Sunday December 8:
Al-Qaeda’s Governance Strategy in Raqqa – Chris Looney, Syria Comment: https://bit.ly/19sKe2V 
Islamist Versus Islamist: Rising Challenge in Gaza – Beverley Milton-Edwards, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1bpBKcC 
Resisting Violent Extremism: A Conceptual Model for Non-Radicalization – R. Kim Cragin, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1bpBOJd 
Monday December 9:
The Palestine Effect – Thomas Hegghammer and Joas Wagemakers, Die Welt des Islams: https://bit.ly/18OHXEN 
ʿAbdallāh ʿAzzām and Palestine – Thomas Hegghammer, Die Welt des Islams: https://bit.ly/18OI7vR 
In Search of “Lions and Hawks” – Joas Wagemakers, Die Welt des Islams: https://bit.ly/18OIcQn 
Abū Qatāda and Palestine – Petter Nesser, Die Welt des Islams: https://bit.ly/1fczdY5 
Syria’s Foreign Fighters – Thomas Hegghammer, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/1aOkcHb 
Tuesday December 10:
Preventing Violent Extremism through Value Complexity: Being Muslim Being British – Jose Liht and Sara Savage, Journal of Strategic Security: https://bit.ly/1jKnzXB 
Social Identity Theory for Investigating Islamic Extremism in the Diaspora – Dina Al Raffie, Journal of Strategic Security: https://bit.ly/1kwYvRn 
Irrational Rationality of Terrorism – Robert Nalbandov, Journal of Strategic Security: https://bit.ly/1jKnJ13 
Wednesday December 11:
The Three Versions of Al Qaeda: A Primer – Clint Watts, Foreign Policy Research Institute: https://bit.ly/1gpDoTL 
A Conceptual Framework of Sunni Islamism – Christoph Schuck, Politics, Religion & Ideology: https://bit.ly/1gpEdMm 
 

Tuesday November 5: Radicalisation in the digital era: The use of the internet in 15 cases of terrorism and extremism – Ines Von Behr, Anaïs Reding, Charlie Edwards, and Luke Gribbon, RAND: https://bit.ly/1773kQs  Effective but inefficient: understanding the costs of counterterrorism – Arjun Chowdhury and Scott Fitzsimmons, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1773IhP  Friday November 8: Meeting a Returned Tunisian Foreign Fighter from the Syrian Front – Aaron Y. Zelin, Syria Deeply: https://bit.ly/HL4JBg  Who is Mullah Fazlullah? – Daud Khattak, The AfPak Channel: https://atfp.co/1ett8Zy  A Little-Known Syrian Jihadi Magazine – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/1adcbON  Beyond authoritarian upgrading: the re-emergence of Sufi orders in Maghrebi politics – Isabelle Werenfels, The Journal of North African Studies: https://bit.ly/17UEZfe  Saturday November 9: Honour Killings in the UK Communities: Adherence to Tradition and Resistance to Change – Recep Doğan, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/1biHbuv  Monday November 11: Westgate Attack Al-Shabaab’s Renewed Transnational Jihadism – Freedom C. Onuoha, al-Jazeera Center for Studies: https://bit.ly/180NSWx Wednesday November 13: Outside Support for Insurgent Movements – Dan Byman, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1aGMfYt  Al Qaeda’s Twenty-Year Strategic Plan: The Current Phase of Global Terror – Martin Rudner, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1aGMkM3  Thursday November 14: Jihadist Radicalization in Switzerland – Lorenzo Vidino, ETH Zurich: https://bit.ly/IqE1gN Friday November 15: The Rise and Fall of the Salafi al-Nour Party in Egypt – Jonathan AC Brown, Jadaliyya: https://bit.ly/188iPWX  Monday November 18: Can Muslims Befriend Non-Muslims? Debating al-walāʾ wa-al-barāʾ (Loyalty & Disavowal) in Theory and Practice – Uriya Shavit, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/1gp18V7 Tuesday November 19: How Zawahiri Lost al Qaeda: Global Jihad Turns on Itself – William McCants, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/18seP62 Wednesday November 20: Suspect Communities—Targeting Violent Extremism at the Local Level: Policies of Engagement in Amsterdam, Berlin, and London – Floris Vermeulen, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1cJ4bof  Friday November 22: Lebanese Salafis Amidst Syria’s War – Geneive Abdo, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/1gp42cB Saturday November 23: The History of Jihadism in Finland and An Early Assessment of Finnish Foreign Fighters in Syria – Juha Saarinen, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/I71V0P Monday November 25: Caliphate Now: Jihadis Debate the Islamic State – Cole Bunzel, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/1i9p82V  Examining the Distinct Effects of Emotive Triggers on Public Reactions to International Terrorism – Cigdem V. Sirin and Nehemia Geva, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/18Ej0tz  “Global Jihad”: The Canadian Experience – Sam Mullins, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/18EjrUD  Tuesday November 26: Jihadist Reactions in the Event of an Israeli War with Hezbollah or Assad [starts on page 14] – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/1blCYvt  Syria Proving More Fertile Than Iraq to Al-Qa`ida’s Operations – Brian Fishman, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1blHJ80  Tracking Australian Foreign Fighters in Syria – Andrew Zammit, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1blHIRJ  The Capture of Abu Anas al-Libi: Reactions and Militancy in Libya – Alison Pargeter, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1blHQ3s  The Evolution of Jihadism in Italy: Rise in Homegrown Radicals – Lorenzo Vidino, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1blHTfG  A frighteningly normal man – Marc Sageman, Al Jazeera America: https://alj.am/1j0GPPX Wednesday November 27: Dutch Foreign Fighters – Some Testimonials from the Syrian Front (Part III) – Pieter Van Ostaeyen, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/1ghL7Ah  Number of foreign fighters from Europe in Syria is historically unprecedented. Who should be worried? – Thomas Hegghammer, Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/1dB6vTp  Thursday November 28: Promoting stories about terrorism to the international news media: A study of public diplomacy – Moran Yarchi, Gadi Wolfsfeld, Tamir Sheafer, and Shaul R Shenhav, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/InRRRe  Being a terrorist: Video game simulations of the other side of the War on Terror – Marcus Schulzke, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/1fMRvCj 

Tuesday October 22:
Going Native: The Pakistanization of Al-Qaeda – Stephen Tankel, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/183M3mg
Wednesday October 23:
Rebel Advance in Daraa Raises Jihadist Profile in Southern Syria – Kirk H. Sowell, Syria Deeply: https://bit.ly/1akaWOy
Explaining Muslim Americans’ Opinions on Salient Issues – Gamal Gasima, Jangsup Choi, and Dennis Patterson, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/1akeaSb
Thursday October 24:
The Nairobi Attack and Al-Shabab’s Media Strategy – Christopher Anzalone, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1hdj6eB
The Dutch Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria – Samar Batrawi, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1d3h4et
Jordanian Jihadists Active in Syria – Suha Philip Ma’ayeh, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/1hdjny1
Who is Tunisia’s Salafi Cleric Shaykh al-Khatib al-Idrissi? – Aaron Y. Zelin, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/17gs1bu 
Friday October 25:
Tunisia: Uncovering Ansar al-Sharia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Think Africa Press: https://bit.ly/1ePYN4M 
Monday October 28:
Clarifying Boko Haram’s Transnational Intentions, Using Content Analysis of Public Statements in 2012 – Benjamin S. Eveslage, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1dFRMpA 
The Egyptian Islamic Group’s Critique of Al-Qaeda’s Interpretation of Jihad – Paul Kamolnick Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1dFRVcB 
Islam’s invented Golden Age – Asad Q. Ahmed, openDemocracy: https://bit.ly/1hFM6Ml
Tuesday October 29:
Sariyya al-Tali’a al-Khurasani: A New Combat-Tested Shia Militia in Syria – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/HtDABB 
Thursday October 31:
ISIS’ Plan to Govern Syria – And What the US Should Do About It – Nathaniel Rosenblatt, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/17AWof8
Friday November 1:
Pathways to Violent Extremism in the Digital Era – Charlie Edwards and Luke Gribbon, RUSI Journal: https://bit.ly/1dxwyri 

Sunday October 13:
Dutch Foreign Fighters – Some Testimonials from the Syrian Front – Pieter Van Ostaeyen, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/17o8qlX 
Monday October 14:
Pakistan’s mysterious menace – Michael Kugelman, The AfPak Channel: https://ow.ly/pNOpB 
Uzbek Extremism in Context, Part 2: The Internet, Social Media and Religious Speech – Noah Tucker, Registan: https://bit.ly/H1cul8 
Uzbek Extremism in Context, Part 3: “Love Your President & Be Content With Bread, or Allah Will Give you a Disease!” https://bit.ly/H1cwtb 
Tuesday October 15:
Citadels of learning, Boko Haram’s new slaughter fields Alkasim Abdukadir, African Arguments: https://bit.ly/H1d9mI 
British Foreign Fighters in Syria – Shiraz Maher, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1bvxf2M 
Pancakes & Propaganda – Yassin Musharbash, Abu Susu Blog: https://bit.ly/19FIh4c 
Strings Attached: How politics and fear threaten a new global effort to combat terrorist recruitment – Will McCants, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/195Ibne 
Wednesday October 16:
Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization: South Asians in the Post-9/11 United States – Sangay Mishra, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism: https://bit.ly/17trpLS 
Apostasy Narratives and Representations of Islam on WikiIslam – Daniel Enstedt and Göran Larsson, CyberOrient: https://bit.ly/1gkjqud 
Online and Offline Continuities, Community and Agency on the Internet – Jon W. Anderson, CyberOrient: https://bit.ly/17eOqmJ 
Digital Images & Visions of Jihad: Virtual Orientalism & the Distorted Lens of Technology – Raymond Pun, CyberOrient: https://bit.ly/1cV2fNs 
Thursday October 17:
Tunisia’s Fragile Transition – Aaron Y. Zelin, The National interest: https://bit.ly/17NdM9F 
How Rigorous Is Radicalization Research? – Peter Neumann and Scott Kleinmann, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/GSAebm 
The ‘House of the Prophet’ or the ‘Mosque of the Prophet’? – Essam S. Ayyad, Journal of Islamic Studies: https://bit.ly/16iOtg2 
Dutch Foreign Fighters – Some Testimonials from Syrian Front #2 – Pieter Van Ostaeyen, Jihadology:  https://bit.ly/16iRzAN 
Insights from a Database of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Militants – C. Christine Fair, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/19eEo7e 
Building Community Resilience to Counter Violent Extremism – Stevan Weine, Schuyler Henderson, Stephen Shanfield, Rupinder Legha & Jerrold Post, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/1d3xSnZ 
Friday October 18:
The Badr Organization’s Syrian Expeditionary Force: Quwet al-Shahid Muhammed Baqir al-Sadr – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology:: https://bit.ly/1d2BHd2 
The Rise of the Fringe: Right Wing Populists, Islamists and Politics in the UK – Juris Pupcenoks and Ryan McCabe, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/1bIDSyQ 

Saturday October 5:
Liwa’a al-Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba: A Shia Militia Fighting in Rif Dimashq/Ghouta – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology:  https://bit.ly/GELNn0 
The Islamic State of Disobedience: al-Baghdadi Triumphant – Cole Bunzel, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/1e2oxKU 
Monday October 7:
Was Kenya Westgate Attack More AQAP/AQ Central Than Shabaab? – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/1a4Kd4X 
Tuesday October 8:
Place still matters: The operational geography of jihadist terror attacks against the US Homeland 1990–2012 – Christopher Jasparro, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/1bUATnI 
Wednesday October 9:
AQI’s ‘Soldiers’ Harvest’ Campaign – Jessica D. Lewis, Institute for the Study of War: https://bit.ly/19AwSq9 
Thursday October 10:
Terrorists on Social Media: Arguments That Don’t Impress Me – J.M. Berger, Intel Wire: https://intelwire.net/17hEaJv 
Al Qaeda’s Syrian Strategy – Barak Barfi and Aaron Y. Zelin, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/164SuEK 
Friday October 11:
Jihadi-Salafism’s Next Generation – Haim Malka and William Lawrence, Center for Strategic and International Studies: https://bit.ly/16BsDbq 
The Hybrid Terrorist Organization: Hezbollah as a Case Study – Eitan Azani, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1g9uien 
Alienating the Grassroots: Looking Back at Al Qaeda’s Communicative Approach Toward Muslim Audiences – Donald Holbrook, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1g9ut9f