Category: Articles of the Week

Monday May 3:

The Historical Roles of Jihād in Sunnī-Shīʿī Relations – Devin J. Stewart, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3vKLSxZ

Tuesday May 4:

A Thousand Hezbollahs: Iraq’s Emerging Militia State – Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy: https://bit.ly/2R16W4y

An Analysis of Islamic State’s Gendered Propaganda Targeted Towards Women: From Territorial Control to Insurgency – Kiriloi M. Ingram, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/33lav8l

ISIS and the Crime-Terror Nexus in America – Raphael D. Marcus, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3epFSoo

Emotions and affect in terrorism research: Epistemological shift and ways ahead – Maéva Clément, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3uwzt0c

Al-Hazimiyya: the ideological conflict destroying the Islamic State from within – Tore Hamming, ICCT: https://bit.ly/3xZskYH

Wednesday May 5: 

Social Welfare and ISIS Foreign Fighters – Moamen Gouda and Marcus Marktanner, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research: https://bit.ly/3eshfaJ

Insights from the Bin Laden Archive: Inventory of research and knowledge and initial assessment and characterisation of the Bin Laden Archive – Jacopo Bellasio, Sarah Grand-Clement, Shazan Iqbal, William Marcellino, Alice Lynch, Yousuf Abdelfatah, Tor Richardson-Golinski, Kate Cox, and Giacomo Persi Paoli, RAND: https://bit.ly/3tpf1gt

Thursday May 6:

Countering Violent Extremism and Radical Rhetoric – Tamar Mitts, International Organization: https://bit.ly/2Q00rys

Friday May 7:

The Role of Quran Translations in Radicalizing Muslims in the West and Misrepresenting Islam – Alalddin Al-Tarawneh, Journal of Religion and Violence: https://bit.ly/3uFqlq4

Online Jihadist Chants: An Access Point for Incitement of Violence – El Mostafa Rezrazi and Brahim Essafi, GNET: https://bit.ly/3tPAbVc

Understanding Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh – Shafi Md Mostofa, Journal of Asian and African Studies: https://bit.ly/3tO41JV

Monday April 26:

Bringing Religiosity Back In: Critical Reflection on the Explanation of Western Homegrown Religious Terrorism (Part II) – Lorne Dawson, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3dRuUrD

The Devil’s in the Details – or is He? The Ethics and Politics of Terrorism Data – Benjamin V. Allison, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3dRP2K7

Measuring Impact, Uncovering Bias? Citation Analysis of Literature on Women in Terrorism – Jessica Davis, Leah West, and Amarnath Amarasingam, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3tRGkRC

Countering violent extremism: assessment in theory and practice – David Malet, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3t7YHAu

Introducing the new CPOST dataset on suicide attacks – Robert A Pape, Alejandro Albanez Rivas, and Alexandra C Chinchilla, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/3gQ6eS5

Tuesday April 27:

The March 2021 Palma Attack and the Evolving Jihadi Terror Threat to Mozambique – Tim Lister, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3eMcbg6

The Revival of the Pakistani Taliban – Abdul Sayed and Tore Hamming, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3gS13kv

Wednesday April 28:

The Islamic State’s Department of Soldiers – Craig Whiteside, Anas Elallame, Moorthy Muthuswamy, and Aram Shabanian, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3gRDtES

Wednesday April 21:

Listening to the “Voice of Islam”: The Turkestan Islamic Party’s Online Propaganda Strategy – Miron Lakomy, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3vkDzsB

Policing as Rebel Governance: The Islamic State Police – Beatrice De Graaf and Ahmet S. Yayla, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/32MxDfL

Thursday April 22:

Can Cellphone Shutdowns Stop Terrorist Violence? Evidence from Pakistan – Fatima Mustafa, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3nf0Ysl

Violent Islamism and Shame-Inducing Narratives – Gaetano Joe Ilardi, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3dKd8Xl

Sunday April 11:

Al-Qaeda After Ayman al-Zawahiri – Tore Refslund Hamming, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3mRQT4F

Tuesday April 13:

Foreign Fighters and the Trajectory of Violence in Northern Mozambique – Emilia Columbo and Austin C. Doctor, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2Qu3RJN

Wednesday April 14:

After America: Inside the Taliban’s New Emirate – Fazelminallah Qazizai, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/2OXzzi4

Thursday April 15:

A Caliph Without a Caliphate: The Biography of ISIS’s New Leader – Feras Kilani, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/2Q9k4Ef

Mapping Global Cyberterror Networks: An Empirical Study of Al-Qaeda and ISIS Cyberterrorism Events – Claire Seungeun Lee, Kyung-Shick Choi, Ryan Shandler, and Chris Kayser, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice: https://bit.ly/3e7LYsn

The Conversation between Salafi-Jihadists, the Hirak, and the Algerian State – Sammie Wicks, GNET: https://bit.ly/3aftwg0

‘A Caliphate That Gathered’ Addressing the Challenge of Jihadist Foreign Fighter Hubs – Nate Rosenblatt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3mRIApe

Monday April 5:

Criminal or Terrorist?: Fear, Bias, and Public Support for Prisoner Reentry Programs – Mary Beth Altier, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3s9D9Dk

Al-Qaeda After the Arab Spring: A Decade of Expansion, Losses, and Evolution –  Katherine Zimmerman, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/3sKAL6f

Tuesday April 6:

The al-Mawla Tactical Interrogation Report Mixtape – Daniel Milton, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3taaDTk

Thursday April 8:

Mass Kidnapping in Central Syria Reveals Dynamics of ISIS Resurgence – Gregory Waters, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy: https://bit.ly/3g2g6Ig

Friday April 9: 

IS Perception of Far-Right and Far-Left Political Movements in the West – Antoine Jardin, GNET: https://bit.ly/3a3Z4FD

Monday March 29:

A case of violent corruption: JNIM’s insurgency in Mali (2017–2019) – Luciano Pollichieni, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/3wh948d

Introducing the Armed Nonstate Actor Rivalry Dataset (ANARD) – Stephen R. Powell and Adrian Florea, Civil Wars: https://bit.ly/3me0uSK

Tuesday March 30:

Framing Violence: Rhetoric and Goal Structures of Shia and Salafi Terrorist Organizations – Maya Van Nuys and Brittnee Carter, Politics, Religion & Ideology: https://bit.ly/3uu8RNh

Wednesday March 31:

‘Reaching the land of jihad’ – Dutch Syria volunteers, hijra and counter-conduct – Martijn de Koning, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/3sLBiFS

Katiba Macina and Boko Haram: including women to what end? – ELLA JEANNINE ABATAN AND BOUBACAR SANGARÉ, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2PT9YY0

Thursday April 1:

The use of family networks in suicide terrorism: a case study of the 2018 Surabaya attacks – Rueben Ananthan and Santhana Dass, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3rL1Ky6

Is governmental and societal discrimination against Muslim minorities behind foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq? – Meirav Mishali-Ram and Jonathan Fox, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/3uaeIa6

The Routinization of the Islamic State’s Global Enterprise Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, and Charlie Winter – Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/2PMaaZf

Saturday March 20:

Norms, Non-combatants’ agency and restraint in jihadi violence in northern mali – Ferdaous Bouhlel and Yvan Guichaoua, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/31qeqQc

Monday March 22:

Violent Extremist Disengagement and Reintegration: Lessons from Over 30 Years of DDR – Mary Beth Altier, Resolve Network: https://bit.ly/2QzcHFV

Nationalism or transnationalism?Afghan nationalism and Pan-Islamism in Seraj-ul Akhbar – Mortaza Mandegar Hassani, Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/3fha3Py

Tuesday March 23:

No Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of Children – Flora Khoo and William Brown, GNET: https://bit.ly/2QEPwtP

Getting Religion Right in Civil Wars – Monica Duffy Toft, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/2NWZPbI

Wednesday March 24:

The Case of Jihadology and the Securitization of Academia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3suDbXn

Counterterrorism within the Rule of Law? Rhetoric and Reality with Special Reference to the United Kingdom – Clive Walker, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2PB77CE

A Public Health Ethics Model of Countering Violent Extremism – Neil D. Shortland, Nicholas Evans, and John Colautti, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3rta7Ow

Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines – Maura Conway, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3dcPCAD

Terrorism Confidential: Ethics, Primary Data and the Construction of “Necessary Fictions” – Michele Grossman and Vivian Gerrand, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/39j7w3s

When Fieldwork Ends: Navigating Ongoing Contact with Former Insurgents – Rachel Schmidt, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2PxZpJx

Thursday March 25:

Competition for Religious Authority and Islamist Mobilization in Indonesia – Alexandre Pelletier, Comparative Politics: https://bit.ly/3feOn6O

Hyper-Reality, Identity and Mediatisation – A Sociological Reflection on the Pro-Islamic State Online Community – Michael Krona, GNET: https://bit.ly/3w2H6wB

Jihadism in Austria – Guido Steinberg, KAS: https://bit.ly/3rJX4s8

Friday March 26:

Communities’ Perceptions of Reintegration of Al-Shabaab Returnees in Mombasa and Kwale Counties, Kenya – Mercy Nasimiyu Juma and John Mwangi Githigaro, Journal for Deradicalization: https://bit.ly/31n8aZB

From Conversion to Violent Extremism: Empirical Analysis of Three Canadian Muslim Converts to Islam – Denis Suljić and Alex Wilner, Journal for Deradicalization: https://bit.ly/2O2wgFU

Monday March 15:

Leaving the World of ‘Impiety’: French Salafi Settlers in Mauritania – Brune Descamps, GNET: https://bit.ly/30ZOIBK

Tuesday March 16:

The “Civilizational Project” and the southern Sudanese Islamists: between assimilation and exclusion – Willow Berridge, Journal of Eastern African Studies: https://bit.ly/38X94Qp

Wednesday March 17:

Is Ayman al-Zawahiri Dead? – Cole Bunzel, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3r7g2Zj

Jihadi Movements 2021: ISIS, al Qaeda and Hayat Tahrir al Sham – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Wilson Center: https://bit.ly/38YbFd4

Tunisia 2021: Ennahda vs. Extremists – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Wilson Center: https://bit.ly/30YBCoq

Terror after the Caliphate: The Effect of ISIS Loss of Control over Population Centers on Patterns of Global Terrorism – James A. Piazza and Michael J. Soules, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/3eY3G3h

Thursday March 18: 

“Enterprising Extremists”: Crime, Religion, and the Business of Violence in Pakistan – Rabia Zafar, Orbis: https://bit.ly/2NXf7gE

Sunday March 7:

Lessons for Reintegrating Islamic State Detainees – Mary Beth Altier, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/38xRoec

Recruitment Process in Salafi-Jihadist Groups in the Middle East (A Qualitative Study) – Yusef Karimi, David Nussbaum, and Razgar Mohammadi, Journal of Interpersonal Violence: https://bit.ly/2PSWr2d

Monday March 8:

From Disintegration to Fragmentation: The Islamic Movement and the al-Inqadh Regime in Sudan – Jin Zhang, Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies: https://bit.ly/3rGyOrV

Toward an Ethical Framework for Countering Extremist Propaganda Online – Adam Henschke and Alastair Reed, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3qGdvoW

Dars and Madrassas: Remnants of a Lost Pedagogy that has Advanced onto the Cyber Realm – Syeda Iqraa Bukhari, GNET: https://bit.ly/2NenAMc

Jihadist Movements in the Sahel: Rise of the Fulani? – Lawrence E. Cline, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3evn7R1

Rethinking U.S. Efforts on Counterterrorism: Toward a Sustainable Plan Two Decades After 9/11 – Matthew Levitt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3tbIbjx

Wednesday March 10:

Context-specificity of violence: Physical, psychological, and social dimensions of harm during the Taliban’s insurgency (2007–2009) in Pakistan – Sanaullah, Violence: An International Journal: https://bit.ly/2Na17je

Sunday February 28:

Causes of Violent Extremism in Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan – Dina Sharipova and Serik Beissembayev, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3kOObf3

Monday March 1:

Poetry as a communicative vehicle in the jihadi milieu: the case for modern extremist poetry – Kurstin Gatt, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/3bh56E2

Tuesday March 2:

Polarising Narratives and Deepening Fault Lines: Social Media, Intolerance and Extremism in Four Asian Nations – Jordan Newton, Yasmira Moner, Kyaw Nyi Nyi, and Hari Prasad, GNET: https://bit.ly/3c3Eg1p

Wednesday March 3:

Hit from Many Sides (2): The demise of ISKP in Kunar – Obaid Ali and Khalid Gharanai, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3rozamH

Assad Is Giving Biden Every Reason to Prioritize Syria – Aaron Y. Zelin and Oula A. Alrifai, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3eg1qnM

The Conflict Between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the Sahel, A Year On – Héni Nsaibia, ISPI: https://bit.ly/30dPKJV

Thursday March 4:

Justice Served?: Ashwaq Haji Hamid Talo’s Confrontation and Conviction of Her Islamic State Captor – Gina Vale, Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: https://bit.ly/3eg1LH4

Lone-Actor Terrorism – A Systematic Literature Review – Jonathan Kenyon, Christopher Baker-Beall, and Jens Binder, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2MTJl3M

Friday March 5:

ISIS Fans Are Using Drake, Spongebob, and Marvel Memes to Galvanize New Recruits – Michael Weiss and Moustafa Ayad, The Daily Beast: https://bit.ly/3uYRSDt