Category: Articles of the Week

Monday November 19:
Perceptions of the “Arab Spring” Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/WmD7Xs 

Tuesday November 20:
Islamist Understandings of Sharia & Implications for Postrevolutionary Egyptian Constitution – Aria Nakissa, Crown Center for Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/Qs4tdv
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: Down but not out – Christopher Anzalone, AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/107Dntr
Wednesday November 21:
How Shabaab Is Losing The Battle, But Maybe Winning The War – Abdi Aynte, African Arguments: https://bit.ly/QayOM4
Lights, Camera, Jihad: Al-Shabaab’s Western Media Strategy – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Shiraz Maher, James Sheehan, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/QazBg6

Saturday November 10:
Review: The Last Refuge – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/TJWYJq
Sunday November 11:
On Sovereignties in Islamic Legal History – Anver M. Emon, Middle East Law and Governance: https://bit.ly/TzNgci
Monday November 12:
Strongly Recommend Johnsen’s Book “The Last Refuge” on AQAP in Yemen – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/Ujz8or
Wednesday November 14:
The Indonesian Jamā’ah Islāmiyyah’s Constitution (PUPJI) – Jack Roche, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/TECh1t
Maqdisi’s disciples in Libya and Tunisia – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/T3viDS
Shabab Prepared for Decade of War – M. Mubarak, Inside the Insurgency: https://bit.ly/RFM35M
Thursday November 15:
Between the Pen and the Sword: The Global Islamic Media Front in the West – Manuel R. Torres Soriano, Terrorism & Political Violence: https://bit.ly/RFNEZv
Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa – Vanda Felbab-Brown & James J. F. Forest, Terrorism & Political Violence: https://bit.ly/RFNKAb
The Meaning of Religion and Identity for the Violent Radicalisation of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany – Matenia Sirseloudi, Terrorism & Political Violence: https://bit.ly/Xec8Pt
Perceptions of the “Arab Spring” Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/RFPcm9
Examining the Role of Religion in Radicalization to Violent Islamist Extremism – Anne Aly and Jason-Leigh Striegher, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/RFPidv
Hymns (Nasheeds): A Contribution to the Study of the Jihadist Culture – Behnam Said, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/RFPnOd
Estimating the Duration of Jihadi Terror Plots in the United States – Edward Kaplan, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/RFPwBi
Strategic and Tactical Shift Keeps al-Qaeda Insurgency Alive in Southern Yemen – Adrian Shahbaz, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/RFPM3s
Morocco’s “New Mediators” – Sanaa Karim, Sada Journal: https://bit.ly/Qhci5I

Saturday November 3:
Salafist mouvance & sheikh-ism in the Tunisian democratic transition – Fabio Merone & Francesco Cavatorta, Dublin City University: https://bit.ly/UrFCC7
Monday November 5:
Egypt’s Salafis revert to their authoritarian roots – Mara Revkin and Magdy Samaan, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/RGgo3M
Appraising al-Qaeda: The practitioner’s perspective – Raff Pantucci, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/PADGKb
Losing Yemen – Gregory Johnsen, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/PADP0f
Tuesday November 6:
Islamic Militancy in Africa – Terje ØsTeBØ, Africa Center for Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/PAuLbV
Wednesday November 7:
Sanaa Notebook: al-Qaeda and Electricity -Gregory Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/YMtoJA

Monday October 29:
Boko Haram’s Dangerous Expansion into Northwest Nigeria – Jacob Zenn, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/RoWxYm
Kenya’s Muslim Youth Center & al-Shabab’s East African Recruitment – Christopher Anzalone, CTC Sentinel:https://bit.ly/SU7Nua
Tuesday October 30:
Al-Qaeda at the Crossroads – Shiraz Maher and Peter R. Neumann, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation: https://bit.ly/UdHXQR
The Way Forward on Combating AQ-Inspired Violent Extremism in the US – David H. Schanzer, Duke University: https://bit.ly/TScCTa
What to Make of Foreign Fighters in Mali – Andrew Lebovich, al-Wasat: bit.ly/RuJovs
Wednesday October 31:
Strategic Horizons: Al-Qaida’s Comeback – Steven Metz, World Politics Review: https://bit.ly/Tnd3EH
Friday November 2:
Boko Haram’s Growing Presence in Niger – Jacob Zenn, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/SgZuYo
‘I’ for iconoclasm: graphic novels & the (re)presentation of terrorism – Elaine Martin, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/Sh4z2U
Al-Buwaytī’s Abridgment of al-Shāfi’ī’s Risāla: Edition and Translation – Ahmed El Shamsy and Aron Zysow, Islamic Law and Society: https://bit.ly/Rwhroz
The Rules of Matn Criticism: There Are No Rules – Jonathan A.C. Brown, Islamic Law and Society: https://bit.ly/Rwhwsg
The Wasatī and Salafī Approaches to the Religious Law of Muslim Minorities – Uriya Shavit, Islamic Law and Society: https://bit.ly/TYngI9
A blind spot: Jihadi radicalisation and religious ideology -Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Pragati: https://bit.ly/Rwl6mh
AQAP’s Transition From Turf Taking to Sleeper Cells in Yemen – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/RwmiWI
Introducing the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood – Mary Fitzgerld, The Mideast Channel: https://bit.ly/PLPF96

Tuesday October 23:
Nigeria: Boko Haram and a Web of Accusations in Borno State – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: https://bit.ly/VlWFWN
Egypt’s Draft Constitution Opens the Door to a Religious State – Ragab Saad, Egypt Source: https://bit.ly/VlXCOV
Exegesis of the ḥurūf al-muqattaʿa: Polyvalency in Sunnī Traditions of Qur’anic Interpretation – Martin Nguyen, Journal of Qur’anic Studies https://bit.ly/Vm14Jj
Qur’anic Inscriptions on the Coins of the ahl al-bayt from the Second to Fourth Century AH – Luke Treadwell, Journal of Qur’anic Studies https://bit.ly/Vm1bVh
The jizya Verse (Q. 9:29): Tax Enforcement on Non-Muslims in the First Muslim State – M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, Journal of Qur’anic Studies: https://bit.ly/Vm1n6U
Islamism(s) and the Arab uprisings: between commanding the faithful and mobilising the protestor – Khalid Madhi, The Journal of North African Studies: https://bit.ly/Vm1RtV
Wednesday October 24:
The State of Islamic Studies in the Study of Religion: An Introduction – Russell T. McCutcheon, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/UBVMxQ
The Study of Islam Before and After September 11: A Provocation – Aaron W. Hughes, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/TamhnB
The Essence of Essentializing: A Critical Discourse on “Critical Discourse in the Study of Islam” – Herbert Berg, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/UBW33z
Islam and the Study of Ethics – John Kelsay, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/Tamozu
The Uses and Abuses of Criticism in the Study of Islam – Richard C. Martin, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion: https://bit.ly/UBWlHJ
The “Disposition Matrix” – Drones, Counterterrorism & National Security for the next decade – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/PRsuKo

Saturday October 13:
al Qaeda’s Stronger Again Today – Unstoppable In Fact – AQIM, AQAP – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/T5cEuQ
Resisting ‘Israelization’: The Islamic Movement in Israel – Tilde Rosmer, Journal of Islamic Studies: https://bit.ly/SW6YyS
Tuesday October 16:
A Basic Model Explaining Terrorist Group Organizational Structure – Joshua Kilberg, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/TZeAXt
Wednesday October 17:
The Economic Agendas and Expected Economic Policies of Islamists in Egypt and Tunisia – Nader Habibi, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/PBQCRa
The New Salafi Politics – Edited by Marc Lynch, Project on Middle East Political Science: https://bit.ly/T5dTdm
Thursday October 18:
Ennahda’s Rule of Engagement – Monica Marks, Sada Journal: https://bit.ly/T5dYhd
The Evolution of the Jihadi Role in the Syrian Rebellion – Aaron Y. Zelin, al-Monitor: https://bit.ly/S6Qk30

Tuesday October 9:
Evolution in the Concept of Sunnah during the First Four Generations of Muslims – Arab Law Quarterly, Adis Duderija: https://bit.ly/R3uLxj
Thursday October 11:
How the Arab Spring’s Prisoner Releases Have Helped the Jihadi Cause – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Aaron Y. Zelin, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/W8iTyG
An evaluation of the jihadist threat in Portugal – Maria do Céu Pinto, Journal of Policing, Intelligence & CT: https://bit.ly/OqCqbZ
Islamic education and youth extremism in Indonesia – Dina Afrianty, Journal of Policing, Intelligence & CT: https://bit.ly/OqCCrZ
Boko Haram: beyond religious fanaticism – Abeeb Olufemi Salaam, Journal of Policing, Intelligence & CT: https://bit.ly/OqCMzq
Friday October 12:
Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist Opposition – International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/UUuHH5
A new Salafi politics – Will McCants, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/X1YE5l

Monday October 1:
Attack in Libya Represents Subtle But Meaningul Shift in Threat to American Interests – Nada Bakos, Huffington Post: https://huff.to/QXHHYT
Tuesday October 2:
Party Politics for Morocco’s Salafis? – Sanaa Karim, Sada Journal: https://bit.ly/U7Nyhv
Wednesday October 3:
Osama bin Laden and the Saudi Muslim Brotherhood – Stéphane Lacroix, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/QXIadQ
Somalia’s Sarajevo – Ken Menkhaus, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/QIkpWL

Saturday September 22:
Lone Wolves in Cyberspace – Gabriel Weimann, Journal of Terrorism Research: https://bit.ly/P9LRth 
Sunday September 23:
Islam offline—living ‘The message’ behind the screens – Mona Abdel-Fadil, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/UHVwLK
Monday September 24:
The Somali Spring – Ken Menkhaus, Foreign Policy: bit.ly/Tr6cAA
Tuesday September 25:
Religion and Politics in Arab Transitions – Barah Mikaïl, FRIDE: https://bit.ly/PkaBix
Wednesday September 26:
No Compulsion in Religion- An Islamic Case Against Blasphemy Laws – Usama Hasan, Quilliam Foundation: https://bit.ly/QVOgZf
The Attack on the U.S. Consulate: Emerging Signs of Jihadist Sentiment in Libya – Geoff Porter, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/QVOorB
Factors Responsible for Al-Shabab’s Losses in Somalia – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens & Hussein Solomon, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/QVOqQv
Thursday September 27:
Teaching the Middle East: Pedagogy in a Charged Classroom – Shanna A. Kirschner, PS: Political Science and Politics: https://bit.ly/QyXaON
Planting the seeds of Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia – Louisa Loveluck, The Mideast Channel: https://bit.ly/QyXhK7

Sunday September 16:
Salafis in parliament: Democratic Attitudes and party politics in the gulf – Steve L. Monroe, The Middle East Journal: https://bit.ly/Sro73h
Monday September 17:
Libya’s Jihadist Minority – Omar Ashour, Project Syndicate: https://bit.ly/UfSyen
Jihad in Syria – Elizabeth O’Bagy, Institute for the Study of War: https://bit.ly/O9q5Kt
Drone Warfare in Yemen: Fostering Emirates Through Counterterrorism? – Leila Hudson, Colin S. Owens, and David J. Callen, Middle East Policy: https://bit.ly/RklAxr
Tuesday September 18:
Fatwa calling for the death of the director, producer, and actors involved in making the film ‘Innocence of Islam’ – Nico Prucha, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/Ql642i
Wednesday September 19:
The Sources of Salafi Conduct: Harsh Politics in the New Middle East – William McCants, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/Q1Nk7Y
Thursday September 20:
Pundits Seeking Al Qaeda Connection To Libya Violence – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://lnkd.in/CDAjdA
Friday September 21:
Know Your Ansar al-Sharia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/R5mvzs
Fatwa on the Permissibility of Killing an Ambassador – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/P6qOYM