Articles of the Week – 1/25-1/31

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Monday January 27:

Tunisia Turns a Corner Against the Jihadist Movement – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: bit.ly/37sCjrH

ISIS and Their Use of Slavery – Nadia Al-Dayel and Andrew Mumford, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2tlsc9q

Was Egyptian Islamic Revivalism really Counter-Hegemonic? Sayyid Qutb and the Problem of Islamic Occidentalism – Marco Demichelis, ReOrient: bit.ly/2RvyQD9

Tuesday January 28:

Kamal Helbawy: Pioneer of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West – Lorenzo Vidino, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2RIQXFG

Minding the gap: How to provide more comprehensive support to the children of ISIS – Eric Rosand, B. Heidi Ellis, and Stevan Weine, Brookings Institution: https://brook.gs/3b3p6bc

Framing, new social identity and long-term loyalty. Hizb ut-Tahrir’s impact on its members – Elisa Orofino, Social Movement Studies: https://bit.ly/38X6Myw

Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria – Vera Mironova, Karam Alhamad, and Sam Whitt, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/31wCBf2

Wednesday January 29:

Framing war: visual propaganda, the Islamic State, and the battle for east Mosul – Charlie Winter, Cambridge Review of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/390cwHP

Spatial Decision Making of Terrorist Target Selection: Introducing the TRACK Framework – Zoe Marchment and Paul Gill, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2OihDuV

Thursday January 30:

The Base Rate Study: Developing Base Rates for Risk Factors & Indicators for Engagement in Violent Extremism – Caitlin Clemmow, Sandy Schumann, Nadine L. Salman, and Paul Gill, Journal of Forensic Sciences: https://bit.ly/319QFeg

Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism: Development and Validation of the BRAVE Measure – Michele Grossman, Kristin Hadfield, Philip Jefferies, Vivian Gerrand, and Michael Ungar, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2GH8msk

Countering violent extremism through state-society partnerships: a case study of de-radicalisation programmes in Indonesia – Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia, Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, D. B. Subedi, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2tz1H06

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #219″

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For prior parts see: #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 #219

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New video message Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Distribution of Zakāt Shares to the Beneficiaries In the Village of al-Saḥārah In the Western Countryside of Aleppo”

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New video message from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: “Series of Martyrdom Wills #4: Adam Mu’alim Sha’abān, Perpetrator of the Naso Hablod Hotel Attack”

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

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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: “Tunisia Turns a Corner Against the Jihadist Movement”

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For the first time since its 2011 revolution, Tunisia is not on the defensive in its battle with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Data from 2019, paired with a more holistic approach to combating jihadists, bears out this claim. Specifically, Tunis is expanding its toolkit beyond a purely military or law enforcement approach. Because of these advances, which have developed over the past few years, Tunis and Washington will have widened opportunities to engage on more complex aspects of reform that could make Tunisia a regional and global model. Both internal and external challenges remain, such as from foreign fighters dwelling abroad, an overcrowded prison system, and the threat of resurgent jihadism next door in Libya, but these need not diminish the accomplishments. Moreover, Tunisia can now build on its achievements, continuing the process of reform after decades of authoritarian rule.

SUCCESSES

At the beginning of 2019, according to the United Nations, only eighty jihadist insurgents remained in the mountainous region along the Tunisian border with Algeria—fifty from Katibat Uqba ibn Nafi, al-Qaeda’s Tunisian branch, and thirty from the Islamic State. Over the remainder of 2019, Tunisia’s military further degraded both groups by killing a number of their leaders:

  • From the Islamic State: Izz al-Din Alawi, Hatim Basduri, Muhammad Basduri, Mundhir Gharsali, Muntasar Ghuzlani, Muhammad Amin Mahkuka, Muhammad Nasir Mubarki, Lakhzar Nasiri, Hossam Thalithi, Ghali Umri
  • From Katibat Uqba ibn Nafi: al-Bay al-Akruf, Tahar Hijili, Salah al-Din Qasimi, Usama Salmi, Murad al-Shayeb

The year 2019 also saw a decline in attacks, even though the overall numbers appear to show them on par with 2018. Before an improvised explosive device strike in January 2020, no attack had occurred since late October, the lengthiest lull since 2012–2013 (see table below). The arrest figures, which have also fallen, reflect smarter, intelligence-led policing that the Tunisian government began to implement more directly in October 2018. The previous “roundup” style was a holdover from the pre-revolution era.

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Abū al-Barā’ al-Ghābī: “The Battle of Will”

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New video message Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Distribution of Zakāt Shares to the Beneficiaries In the Villages Kafar Ḥūm and ‘Arabīā”

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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Regarding the Oppressive U.S. Plan for Palestine and Bayt al-Maqdis”

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The US president Donald Trump announced a ‘Deal of the Century’ outlining a peace plan for the issue of Palestine in which eastern Bait al Maqdis, the Jordan valley and the large usurped lands of Palestine including the illegal Israeli settlements were to become a part of Israel.

The Islamic Emirate condemns this oppressive plan and considers it a clear violation of Palestinian rights.

Bait al Maqdis is the first Qibla of the Muslim Ummah and Palestine the rightful homeland of its people hence this issue it is not up for any deal. And just as the Palestinian people called this peace plan a conspiracy and a foolish proposal, the Islamic Emirate backs the oppressed Palestinians in their call.

The Islamic Emirate urges all Islamic countries and the Islamic Conference to fulfill their responsibility in this sensitive issue affecting the entire Muslim Ummah and to take steps in unison in opposition to this oppressive deal.

Such misleading and tyrannical steps and plans will only pour fuel on the fire of war in the Middle East.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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09/11/1398 Hijri Solar 29/01/2020 Gregorian

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