Category: Articles of the Week

Saturday September 3:
Why is the Middle East Still in Thrall to 9/11 Conspiracy Theories? – Eric Trager, The New Republic: https://bit.ly/qIt4Hg
Sunday September 4:
Islamising Malayness: Ulama discourse and authority in contemporary Malaysia – Norshahril Saat, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/nraul1
Muslims and ecology: fostering Islamic environmental ethics – Arthur Saniotis, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/ps5FUw
Monday September 5: 
Thinking about Algeria and Libya – Kal, TheMoorNextDoor:https://bit.ly/oI2BBm
Tuesday September 6:
Lashkar-e-Taiba’s American connections – Stephen Tankel, The AfPak Channel: https://ow.ly/6mKWX
Wednesday September 7:
Sifting Through the Layers of Insecurity in the Sahel: The Case of Mauritania – Cédric Jourde, Africa Center for Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/pih6Q8
The new Mullah Omar? – Omar Samad, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/qEpkEW
Blowback in Somalia – Jeremy Scahill, The Nation: https://bit.ly/nNKUQI
Thursday September 8:
Radicalization Series VI – Muslims and Radicalization – What do we know? – Martijn de Koning, CLOSER: https://ow.ly/6oiDq
10 Years Later: How We Won – Will McCants and William Rosenau, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/qoK4Ez
Well, Is Al Qaeda Winning Or Not? – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/oeGMOe
The impact of Libya’s missing missiles – Andrew Lebovich, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/njv6uK
Friday September 9:
Empire, Subalternity, and Ijtihād: Two Muslim Women’s Leadership Models in the Post-9/11 US – Fauzia Erfan Ahmed, The Muslim World: https://bit.ly/mUIzkt
Religious Citizens After 9/11: Impact of Politics on the Jurisprudence Concerning Muslim American Military Service – Harvey Stark, The Muslim World: https://bit.ly/oVD0hl
Parity of Muslim and Western Concepts of Just War – Khalid Yahya Blankinship, The Muslim World: https://bit.ly/qqhdWf
America as a Jihad State: Middle Eastern Perceptions of Modern American Theopolitics – Tim Winter, The Muslim World: https://bit.ly/oVa4Cj
The Late Shaikh Osama bin Laden: A Religious Profile of AQs Deceased Poster Child – Bruce Lawrence, The Muslim World: https://bit.ly/nwyJXj
Anwar Al-Awlaki’s Links to the September 11 Hijackers – J.M. Berger, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/orNrDY
The Man Who Runs Al-Qaeda – Will McCants, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/pl6nou

Saturday August 27:
Iran, Turkey, and Saudi: The Regional Race for the Arab Spring – Madawi al-Rasheed: https://bit.ly/qjW7XR
Jay-Z’s Hegemony in the Age of Kanye – Marc Lynch, Abu Aardvark Blog: https://goo.gl/JExgV
Monday August 29: 
An Interview with Online Jihadist Abu Suleiman Al Nasser – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/o9IqDC
Redefining the Islamic State: The Fall and Rise of al-Qaeda in Iraq – Brian Fishman, The New America Foudation: https://ow.ly/6fy4M
Ex-Jihadists in the New Libya – Omar Ashour, The Middle East Channel: https://goo.gl/yxN8B
Tuesday August 30:
Al Qaeda After Atiyya – William McCants, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/oX5zqS
Thursday September 1:
LeT Affiliate Solicits Funds for Eid ul-Fitr and Humanitarian Activities – Albar Sheikh: https://bit.ly/r9jhFf

Saturday May 28:
Al-Qaeda’s Franchising Strategy – Barak Mendelsohn, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy: https://bit.ly/jVwAb2
Charting Bin Laden’s Death Among English-Speaking Jihadis Online – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/jq3qby
Monday May 30:
Global Jihad Forum Dedicates New Sub-forum to Anwar al-‘Awlaqi: Sign of His Growing Influence? – Christopher Anzalone, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/lAahMa
Tuesday May 31:
Facing the New Islamist Challenge – Lorenzo Vidino, ISN Insights: https://bit.ly/lEoz2Y
Inchoate Conceptualization of Jihadi Online Media, Aaron Y. Zelin, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/jusF3U
Wednesday June 1:
Post-Jihadism: Libya & the Global Transformations of Armed Islamist Movements – Omar Ashour, Terrorism & Political Violence: https://bit.ly/kziSsk
Thursday June 2:
Global Jihad: Summary from Arabic Sources – 1st Half of March 2011 – ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/mgD91d
Saudi Islamists and the potential for protest – Stephane Lacroix, The Middle East Channel: https://is.gd/Iahr1b
Friday June 3:
Missionaries of jihad – Christopher Anzalone, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/kEoort

Saturday May 21:
The Sources of Terrorist Financing: Theory and Typology – Michael Freeman, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/jTmE7D
The “New Terrorism” and its Critics – Ersun N. Kurtulus, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/iMwPhr
Sunday May 22:
Looking down the barrel of terror – J.M. Berger, New York Daily News: https://intelwire.net/kaAfXi
Monday May 23:
The Battle for Afghanistan: Negotiations with the Taliban: History and Prospects for the Future – Thomas Ruttig, New America Foundation: https://ow.ly/50WTd
Osama’s Oil Obsession – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/kXo37Q
Tuesday May 24:
Al Qaeda’s Terrible Spring: Why the Organization Might Not Survive – Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/kSx3Zh
Thursday May 26: 
Replacing bin Laden – Camille Tawil, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/mR9PhP
Review of Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/jkaxvd

Wednesday May 18:
Sayf al-’Adl and al-Qa’ida’s Historical Leadership – Vahid Brown, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/mEdvJO
Thursday May 19:
Is al-Qaeda establishing a small Shari’a emirates in Yemen? – Murad Batal al-Shishani, Open Democracy: https://bit.ly/m4tTMz
Saif al-Adel and the death of Daniel Pearl – Asra Q. Nomani, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/kyeISI
Friday May 20:
After Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda Strategy in Yemen – Michael W. S. Ryan, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/mOPWdr

Saturday May 7:
New Osama bin Laden Videos: More Questions Than Answers – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/khkO5l
The Forgotten History of the U.S. and Bin Ladin – Paul Pillar, The National Interest: https://bit.ly/k3j2In
Monday May 9:
Towards Global Jihadism: Al-Qaeda’s Strategic, Ideological and Structural Adaptations since 9/11 – Bill Braniff and Assaf Moghadam, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/lzW0Si
Bin Laden’s Death: Why the Arab World Shrugs – Max Rodenbeck, New York Review of Books: https://bit.ly/kn9jXf
Bin Laden Was Dead Already – Gilles Kepel, New York Times: https://nyti.ms/m19O4t
Tuesday May 10:
The coming struggle within al-Qaeda – Noman Benotman and James Brandon, Quilliam Foundation: https://bit.ly/jVkwhV
Wednesday May 11:
Al Qaeda Without Bin Laden: How Terrorists Cope With Their Leaders Death – Brynjar Lia, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/khGIux
Checkbook Jihad: The raid that killed Osama bin Laden may finally shed light on the financial network behind al Qaeda – Matthew Levitt, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/jBZMJY
Thursday May 12:
New Special CTC Sentinel issue on the death of Bin Laden: https://bit.ly/iq0bNW
Zawahiri’s Big Challenge: Can Bin Laden’s longtime No. 2 hold al-Qaida together? – Daniel Byman, Slate: https://slate.me/lxwacK

Saturday April 30:
Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, 1945-1958: Founding, Social Origins, Ideology – Joshua Teitelbaum, Middle East Journal: https://bit.ly/kkboXd
Why Don’t Jihadi Orgs Tweet? – Will McCants, Jihadica: https://tinyurl.com/3qfccgm
Monday May 2:
OBL is no more; some quick thoughts – Leah Farrall, All Things Counterterrorism: https://wp.me/pDq0j-Tb
So We’ve Killed Osama Bin Laden; What Happens Next Matters – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/iPKhlG
Bin Laden’s Death Shatters Conventional Wisdom – Bruce Hoffman, The National Interest: https://bit.ly/kLb8nE
Bin Laden’s Death Leaves a Gaping Hole – Will McCants, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/mhdPHZ
The bin Laden aftermath: The Internet jihadis react – Aaron Y. Zelin, AfPak Channel: https://ow.ly/4Lzdu
Bin Laden Video and Message Archives: In the end, the messages were Bin Laden’s undoing – Laura Mansfield: https://bit.ly/juqm4G
What if Al Qaida Goes Away – Mark Stout, On War and Words: https://bit.ly/lUTUbH
Tuesday May 3:
What’s the jihadis’ game plan in Syria? – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/iI5P8C
Wanted: Charismatic Terror Mastermind. Some Travel Required – Leah Farrall, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/jTWWh7

Tuesday April 26:
The Limits of Gamification – Will McCants, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/hNCNUt
Some thoughts on “gamification”: Where the loser takes it all – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/gC2ItP
Jihad on Twitter: Transnational Jihadi-Takfiri Media Outlet Sets-up Twitter Account – Christopher Anzalone, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/hwvy9Q
Wednesday April 27:
A French Jihādī in Crisis: “Role Exit” and Repression – Romain Caillet, The Muslim World Journal: https://bit.ly/dN9NNT
Ibn Taymiyya’s “New Mardin Fatwa”. Is genetically modified Islam (GMI) carcinogenic? – Yahya Michot, The Muslim World Journal: https://bit.ly/g1aQ3f
The Militarization of Islamism: Al-Qā’ida and Its Transnational Challenge – M.M. Ould Mohamedou, The Muslim World Journal: https://bit.ly/gEGPtC
The Tipton Three: Things Not Quite Adding Up – Raffaello Pantucci, Free Rad!cals: https://bit.ly/dGpUV8
Einige Gedanken zur Internet-Propaganda der IMU – Ahmad al-Zaky, Ma’alim fi al-Tariq Blog: https://bit.ly/dLpDbs

Lashkar-e-Taiba: Past Operations and Future Prospects – Stephen Tankel, New America Foundation: https://bit.ly/k2YJSd

Thursday April 28:
New CTC Sentinel released: https://bit.ly/kPL01v
Morocco bombings & AQIM – Geoff Porter, Selected Wisdom: https://lnkd.in/rSxzUx

Sunday April 17:
Summary from the Jihadi Forums – The First Half of March 2011  – ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/hUBeNI
IMU – “Der Shaheed aus dem Bundeswehrlager” – Abu Adam al-Almani – Ahmad al-Zaky, Ma’alim fi al-Tariq Blog: https://bit.ly/eqbLkp
Tuesday April 19:
Indonesian Jihadism: Small Groups, Big Plans – International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/hk3DhA
A Conversation About Jihad With Controversial Preacher Bilal Philips – interview conducted by J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/dGFX53
Terrorism After the Revolutions: How Secular Uprisings Could Help (or Hurt) Jihadists – Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/gvSxKi
Wednesday April 20:
Success, Lethality, and Cell Structure Across the Dimensions of Al Qaeda – Scott Helfstein and Dominick Wright, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/e0ssQ8
TE-SAT 2011: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report – Europol: https://bit.ly/fVSIuW
Thursday April 21:
IMU – “Der kompromisslose Bräutigam” – Abu Ibraheem al-Almani – Ahmad al-Zaky, Ma’alim fi al-Tariq Blog: https://bit.ly/g4vS3J
Friday April 22:
The Missing Links In Britain’s 2005 Bombings – Raffaello Pantucci, HSToday: https://bit.ly/fw1BBA

Saturday April 9:
Today’s word: vector – Aaron Weisburd, Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/dGGyJP
Monday April 11:
Global Jihad: Summary from Arabic Sources – 2nd Half of February 11 – ICT Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/dZirkU
Periodical Review: Fatwas – February 2011 – ICT Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/hyVwmg
Tuesday April 12:
Air Travel Security Since 9/11 – K. Jack Riley, RAND: https://bit.ly/hNCQDW
Eyeballing Libya – al-Qa’ida’s New Foothold? – Nico Prucha, Austrian Institute for International Affairs: https://bit.ly/gKcngQ
Wednesday April 13:
The World of Holy Warcraft – Jarret Brachman and Alix Levine, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/eqWIeh
Thursday April 14: 
Summary from the Jihadi Forums – The First Half of February 2011 – ICT Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/f8CxMg
The Post 9/11 FBI: The Bureau’s Response to Evolving Threats – Mark F. Giulian, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/gBxdIr
Khalid al-Husaynan: Zawahiri’s In-House Awlaki – Jarret Brachman, Cronus Global Blog: https://bit.ly/fZuilD
Summary from the Jihadi Forums – The Second Half of February 2011 – ICT Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/eXj0VN