Articles of the Week – 2/29-3/6

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Saturday February 29:

The End of AQAP as a Global Threat – Gregory D. Johnsen, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/32XTEqQ

Sunday March 1:

Religious violence, gender and post-secular counterterrorism – Katherine E Brown, International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2TPPxum

Monday March 2:

Genocide, rape, and careless disregard: media ethics and the problematic reporting on Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity – Sherizaan Minwalla, Johanna E. Foster, and Sarah McGrail, Feminist Media Studies: https://bit.ly/2VRrjkA

Tuesday March 3:

Financing Da’esh with Sexual Slavery: A Case Study in Not Gendering Conflict Analysis and Intervention – Susan Hutchinson, Journal of Global Security Studies: https://bit.ly/33kkSZ1

Wednesday March 4:

Ideological Transmission in Extremist Contexts: Towards a Framework of How Ideas Are Shared – Kim Knott and Benjamin J. Lee, Politics, Religion & Ideology: https://bit.ly/2PSNDqu

Memeing and Speaking Vernacular Security on Social Media: YouTube and Twitter Resistance to an ISIS Islamist Terror Threat to Marseille, France – Joseph Downing, Journal of Global Security Studies: https://bit.ly/38S2wQ9

Thursday March 5: 

Telegram’s Cryptocurrency Could Have a Terrorism Problem – Andrew Mines, Just Security: https://bit.ly/3avEDzh

The Legal Response of Western Democracies to Online Terrorism and Extremism and Its Impact on the Right to Privacy and Freedom of Expression -Nery Ramati, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2TF1jGu

Friday March 6:

Why Jihadists Loved America in the 1980s – Thomas Hegghammer, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/3cuViES

Explaining Support for Political Violence: Grievance and Perceived Opportunity – Karin Dyrstad and Solveig Hillesund, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/3cYRo7k

New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent: “We Are Coming Oh al-Āqsā: Condolences Regarding the Martyrdom of the Knight the Commander Shaykh Qāsim al-Raymī”

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Arabic:

al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent — We Are Coming Oh al-Āqsā- Condolences Regarding the Martyrdom of the Knight the Commander Shaykh Qāsim al-Raymī

English:

al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent — We Are Coming Oh al-Āqsā- Condolences Regarding the Martyrdom of the Knight the Commander Shaykh Qāsim al-Raymī (En)

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New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #224″

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For prior parts see: #223, #222, #221, #220, #219, #218, #217, #216, #215, #214, #213, #212, #211, #210, #209, #208, #207, #206, #205, #204, #203, #202, #201, #200, #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 #224

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Shaykh Abū al-Walīd al-Ḥanafī: “And Victory Is Not Except From God”

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 3:126. Here it is in full: “And God made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby. And victory is not except from God, the Exalted in Might, the Wise”

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