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Articles of the Week – 9/14-9/20

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Saturday September 14:

Stop Them in Their Tracks: Migration Policies, Drug Markets, and Terrorism – Nazli Avdan, Journal of Applied Security Research: https://bit.ly/2mp62Pz

Monday September 16:

Reexamining the Four Waves of Modern Terrorism: A Territorial Interpretation – Steven M. Radil and Jaume Castan Pinos, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2mp6CNf

The ethics of researching ‘terrorism’ and political violence: a sociological approach Tom Mills, Narzanin Massoumi, and David Miller, Contemporary Social Science: https://bit.ly/2m1jxF7

Wednesday September 18:

Daesh Propaganda, Before and After its Collapse – NATO Stratcom: https://bit.ly/2lWQhiF

HTS’s Offline Propaganda: Infrastructure, Engagement and Monopoly – Haid Haid, ICSR: https://bit.ly/2mp6SvH

Terrorizing police: Revisiting ‘the policing of terrorism’ from the perspective of Danish police detectives – David Sausdal, European Journal of Criminology: https://bit.ly/2kuJaOb

Islam and Muslims in Greater Serbian Ideology: The Origins of an Antagonism and the Misuse of the Past – Admir Mulaosmanović, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/2lY5D6G

Thursday September 19:

Worth many sins: Al-Shabaab’s shifting relationship with Kenyan women – Katharine Petrich and Phoebe Donnelly, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2kwoKnY

The ballot or the bomb belt: the roots of female suicide terrorism before and after 9/11 – Nakissa P. Jahanbani and Charmaine N. Willis, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2mp7dOZ

Radicalizing female empowerment: gender, agency, and affective appeals in Islamic State propaganda – Bidisha Biswas and Shirin Deylami, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2lZx3ZM

The Architects of Salvation: How IS Foreign Fighter Recruitment Hubs Emerged in Tunisia – Nate Rosenblatt, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2kuRKwk

Why People Join Terrorist Groups in Kuwait: A Qualitative Examination – Nicholas C. Scull, Othman Alkhadher, and Salman Al‐Awadhi, Political Psychology: https://bit.ly/2mp8iGx

Pathways toward Jihadism in Western Europe: An Empirical Exploration of a Comprehensive Model of Terrorist Radicalization – M. Pfundmair, E. Aßmann, B. Kiver, M. Penzkofer, A. Scheuermeyer, L. Sust, and H. Schmidt, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2lZzefU

(Few) Jihadis Without a Jihad? Central Eastern Europeans and their Pathway – Kacper Rekawek, Viktor Szucs, Martina Babikova, and Enya Hamel, Globsec: https://bit.ly/2nSyeLz

Friday September 20:

Foiled plots: the untapped data resource in terrorism studies – Petter Nesser, C-Rex: https://bit.ly/2nT5ulV

New release from Wi-Kāllat Thabāt al-Ikhbariyyah: “Harvest of Operations in the Land of Islām #5″

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For prior parts in this operations series see: #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Wi-Kāllat Thabāt al-Ikhbariyyah — “Harvest of Operations in the Land of Islām #5

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New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #200″

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For prior parts see: #199, #198, #197, #196, #195, #194, #193, #192, #191, #190, #189, #188, #187, #186, #185, #184, #183, #182, #181, #180, #179, #178, #177, #176, #175, #174, #173, #172, #171, #170, #169, #168, #167, #166, #165, #164, #163, #162, #161, #160, #159, #158, #157, #156, #155, #154, #153, #152, #151, #150, #149, #148, #147, #146, #145, #144, #143, #142, #141, #140, #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121, #120, #119, #118, #117, #116, #115, #114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103, #102, #101, #100, #99, #98, #97, #96, #95, #94, #93, #92, #91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic State — al-Nabā’ Newsletter #200

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New video message from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn’s Shaykh Abū ‘Ubaydah (Aḥmad ‘Umar): “But God Will Perfect His Light, Although the Disbelievers Dislike It”

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 61:8. Here it is in full: “They want to extinguish the light of God with their mouths, but God will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.”

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Shaykh Yaḥyā Bin Ṭāhar al-Firghālī: “The Road to the Caliphate: History of the Jihādist Movements from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Shāmī Jihād, The Forth Generation, Episode #4″

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For prior parts in this video series see the forth generation here: #3, #2 and #1; third generation here: #5, #4, #3, #2 and #1; the second generation here: #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1; and the first generation here: #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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