Category: Articles of the Week

Sunday July 11:

Challenges in Combating Terrorism and Extremism Online – Erin Saltman, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3esRk2m

We might be done with jihadis but they are not done with us – Raffaello Pantucci, Financial Times: https://on.ft.com/3hH2HWo

Monday July 12:

Living with the Taleban – Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3z02xPu

The System of Zakat and Charities Under the Islamic State – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2TfC7Kt

Why Jihadists Are Collecting “Zakat” in the Sahel – Political Violence at a Glance – Alex Thurston, Political Violence at a Glance: https://bit.ly/3kpOq1X

Online Jihadi Storytelling: The Case of Najm al-Din Azad – Gilbert Ramsay, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3rd3Tnz

Tuesday July 13:

Homegrown Terrorist Radicalization: The Toronto 18 in Comparative Perspectives – Lorne L. Dawson and Amarasingam, Amarnath, The Manitoba Law Journal: https://bit.ly/3kE4qOf

Wednesday July 14:

A VAR analysis of the effects of Al-Shabaab’s pledge to Al-Qaeda on bombings and fatalities – Ismail Onat, Ahmet Guler, Henda Y. Hsu, and Jessica Reyes, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3eqz7lV

Thursday July 15:

Empower Syrians Not Warlords: Against the re-branding of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham – Rahaf Aldoughli and Azzam Al Kassir, The Atlantic Council: https://bit.ly/3etmdU6

Friday July 16:

Menace, Negotiation, Attack: The Taleban take more District Centres across Afghanistan – Kate Clark, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/2UTrvRP

Tuesday July 6:

Sticks and Stones? Connecting Insurgent Propaganda with Violent Outcomes – Maura R. Cremin and Bogdan G. Popescu, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/3AEaBam

Thursday July 8:

Inside the Digital Lives of the Women of the Islamic State – Vera Mironova, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/3hR4abl

Gender and the Strategic and Tactical Logic of Boko Haram’s Suicide Bombers – Jordan N. Galehan, Women & Criminal Justice: https://bit.ly/3keNCgz

The Intractability of Islamist Insurgencies: Islamist Rebels and the Recurrence of Civil War – Desirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3esSpaq

Monday June 28:

Structure of a State: Captured Documents and the Islamic State’s Organizational Structure – Daniel Milton, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2URZlqs

Inter-Secular Party Competition and the (Non-)Formation of Salafi-Jihadist Milieus: Evidence from Tanzania and Kenya – Jannis Saalfeld, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3dBVMew

From parent to child: An exploratory study into the intergenerational transmission of jihadist ideas within the family context – Layla van Wieringen, Daan Weggemans, Katharina Krusselmann, and Marieke Liem, Leiden University: https://bit.ly/3hbOlwK

Tuesday June 29:

You Reap What You Sow: The Importance of Agriculture to the Islamic State’s Governance Strategy – Devorah Margolin, Mathilde Becker Aarseth, Hans Christensen, Tati Fontana, and Mark Maffett, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3yaEddD

Women in the Islamic State: Victimization, Support, Collaboration, and Acquiescence – Devorah Margolin and Charlie Winter, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/35XdUeR

Wednesday June 30:

Counter-Insurgency Strategies and Transnational Attacks by Rebel Groups – Victor Asal, Christopher Linebarger, and J. Michael Greig, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2V0XW0Z

The Founding Fathers ofAmerican Jihad: The Impacts and Legacies of Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan, and Ahmad Abousamra – Haroro J. Ingram and Jon Lewis, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/36c4yfj

The Jihadist of Rambouillet’s Facebook Account – Brune Descamps, GNET: https://bit.ly/3dBU1Om

Friday July 2:

A Quarter of Afghanistan’s Districts Fall to the Taleban amid Calls for a ‘Second Resistance’ – Kate Clark and Obaid Ali ), Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3huPFeq How women of Isis in Syrian camps are marrying their way to freedom – Bethan McKernan , Vera Mironova, and Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian: https://bit.ly/3qWslcK

Monday June 21:

Barriers to Entry to Jihadist Activism on the Internet – Manuel R. Torres-Soriano, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3j9sMP0

The Economics of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham – Nisreen Al-Zaraee and Karam Shaar, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3x9TMlm

Tuesday June 22:

Understanding the Meteoric Rise of the Islamic State in Mozambique – Michael Shurkin, Newlines Institute: https://bit.ly/3vYoVa2

Wednesday June 23:

Al-Shabaab – Christopher Anzalone and Jason Warner, Oxford Bibliographies: https://bit.ly/2U0SxX9

Rap, Islam and Jihadi Cool: The attractions of the Western jihadi subculture –  Sune Qvotrup Jensen, Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen, and Sveinung Sandberg, Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal: https://bit.ly/3dhtTse

Thursday June 24:

HTS is not al-Qaeda, but it is still an authoritarian regime to be reckoned with – Orwa Ajjoub, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/2U1OU3p

Hamas and the Jihadis – Cole Bunzel, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3qp1dTe

Monday June 14:

The Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women and Children from Syria and Iraq: The Experiences of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations: https://bit.ly/3xyz3YC

Wednesday June 16:

Confronting Islamist Insurgencies in Africa: The Case of the Islamic State in Mozambique – Jessica Trisko Darden and Emily Estelle, Orbis: https://bit.ly/35yuO35

Fragile States, Technological Capacity, and Increased Terrorist Activity – Ore Koren, Sumit Ganguly, and Aashna Khanna, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3q5sDNO

Ivory Coast witnesses surge in jihadist activity – Caleb Weiss, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/3cQMonc

Thursday June 17:

Affirmations of Support and Rituals of Jihadi Martyrdoms – Aaron Y. Zelin, GNET: https://bit.ly/3gHZXX4

Sahel 2021: Communal Wars, Broken Ceasefires, and Shifting Frontlines – Héni Nsaibia and Jules Duhamel, ACLED: https://bit.ly/3wGEnsF

Friday June 18:

Examining the Characteristics That Differentiate Jihadi-Associated Cyberattacks Using Routine Activities Theory – Thomas J. Holt, Noah D. Turner, Joshua D. Freilich, and Steven M. Chermak, Social Science Computer Review: https://bit.ly/3vUlfpN

Two Classes of “Marriage”: Race and Sexual Slavery in Al-Shabaab-Controlled Somalia – Lindsay J. Benstead and Daniel Van Lehman, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3A0wbp5

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

Sunday May 30:

Exploring the digital jihadist underground on the Onion Router (TOR) – Miron Lakomy, Small Wars Journal: https://bit.ly/3vzfdeY

Monday May 31:

A family affair? Exploratory insights into the role of family members of those who joined jihadist groups – Daan Weggemans, Marieke Liem, and Marieke van der Zwan, Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2S3oBcu

Wednesday June 2:

The policy consequences of Arab state normalization with the Assad regime – Oula A. Alrifai and Aaron Y. Zelin, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3z4HqfK

Online Salafi rivalries in Indonesia: between sectarianism and ‘good’ citizenship – Sunarwoto, Religion, State and Society: https://bit.ly/3fOkARZ

Friday June 4:

Explaining Recruitment to Extremism: A Bayesian Contaminated Case Control Approach – Roberto Cerina, Christopher Barrie, Neil Ketchley, and Aaron Y.  Zelin: https://bit.ly/3yYPbUC

Tuesday May 25:

Mapping the Turkestan Islamic Party’s Online Propaganda Networks – Miron Lakomy, GNET: https://bit.ly/34rIBrC

Wednesday May 26:

Children of ISIS: considerations regarding trauma, treatment and risk – Nathan Brooks, Vaishnavi Honnavalli, and Briar Jacobson-Lang, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: https://bit.ly/3hZY4XP

Everyday Religion and Radical Islamism – A Contribution to Theorizing the Role of Religion in Radicalization Studies – Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen and Sune Qvotrup Jensen, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3uv9zsX

Thursday May 27:

The “Boko Haram Disaggregation Problem” and Comparative Profiles of Factional Violence: Challenges, Impacts, and Solutions in the Study of Africa’s Deadliest Terror Group(s) – Jason Warner and Stephanie Lizzo, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2SDvEYZ

Zeal of the convert? Comparing religiousness between convert and nonconvert Muslims – Snook, D. W., Branum-Martin, L., & Horgan, J. G., Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: https://bit.ly/2SaZOD5

Still No Storm in the Ocean: New Jihadist Narratives on Indian Islam – Hari Prasad, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/3cz3KVn

Friday May 28:

How Did 9/11 Affect Terrorism Research? Examining Articles and Authors, 1970–2019 – Brian J. Phillips, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2QZ43RI

Jihadist prisoners in Spain and the application of the high security prison regime – Inmaculada Marrero Rocha and Salvador Berdún Carrión, European Journal of Criminology: https://bit.ly/3zb6wdh

Tuesday May 18:

Re-examining the explanations of convert radicalization in Salafi-Jihadist terrorism with evidence from Canada – David A. Jones and Lorne L. Dawson, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3fGqFPs

ISIS in Iraq: Weakened but Agile – Raed Al-Hamid, Newlines Institute: https://bit.ly/3yntGN3

Wednesday May 19:

Evolution of Jihadism in Finland – Leena Malkki and Juha Saarinen, ICCT: https://bit.ly/3wp9RTy

Identifying Key Players in Violent Extremist Networks: Using Socio-Semantic Network Analysis as Part of a Program of Content Moderation – Maxime Bérubé, Laurie-Anne Beaulieun,Pierre Mongeau, and Johanne Saint-Charles, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3oCWjkJ

The Digital Transformations of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State in the Battle Against Online Propaganda – Héni Nsaibia and Rida Lyammouri, GNET: https://bit.ly/2SeZnau

Thursday May 20:

Innovating to Survive, a Look at How Extremists Adapt to Counterterrorism – Isaac Kfir, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3hHj1a6

Investigating the Influence of Islamic State’s Discourse in Jordan – Juline Beaujouan, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3bJ9Sde

Monday May 10:

Women as ‘new security actors’ in preventing and countering violent extremism in Mali – Jenny Lorentzen, International Affairs: https://bit.ly/3tNta7e

Thursday May 13:

The Cloud Caliphate: Archiving the Islamic State in Real-Time – Moustafa Ayad, Amarnath Amarasingam, and Audrey Alexander, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/3faWlfe