Articles of the Week – 3/16-3/22

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Monday March 18:

A ‘Tale of two Jihadis’? Improperly conflating terrorists and foreign fighters in the Arab spring – Michael J. Schumacher and Peter J. Schraeder, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2HNQugR

Tuesday March 19:

The Ummah racial project: Arab satellite television, Islamic movements, and the construction of Spanish Moroccan identity – Anwar Ouassini, Ethnic and Racial Studies: https://bit.ly/2Wa8lTk

Destination Jihad- Italy’s Foreign Fighters – Francesco Marone and Lorenzo Vidino, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2Ojf7TR

Wednesday March 20:

Terror and the Legitimation of Violence: A Cross-National Analysis on the Relationship between Terrorism and Homicide Rates – Alexander Kamprad & Marieke Liem, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2U14yu9

Thursday March 21:

Military Interventions, Jihadi Networks, and Terrorist Entrepreneurs: How the Islamic State Terror Wave Rose So High in Europe – Petter Nesser, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2FmFzrT

The Islamic State’s Revitalization in Libya and its Post-2016 War of Attrition – Lachlan Wilson and Jason Pack, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2ulBxuz

AQIM Pleads for Relevance in Algeria – Geoff D. Porter, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2JxYJjX

Why madrassah education reforms don’t work in Pakistan? -Mohsin Bashir and Shoaib Ul Haq, Third World Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2U1TbC9

Terrorism, lightning and falling furniture – Peter J Phillips and Gabriela Pohl, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2unUZHl

Friday March 22:

“We Found Their Bodies Later That Day” Atrocities by Armed Islamists and Security Forces in Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region – Human Rights Watch: https://bit.ly/2U4ZJzT

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #174”

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For prior parts see: #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 #174

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New issue of al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s magazine: “Nawaī Afghān Jihād Magazine – March 2019”

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Previous releases- 2019- February issue. January issue. 2018- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. February issue. January issue. 2017- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2016- July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. 2015- November issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2014- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. April/May issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2013- December issue. October/November issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2012- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2011– December issue. November issue. September/October issue. August issue. June/July issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2010– December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent — Nawaī Afghān Jihād Magazine – March 2019

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New statement from Ḥurās al-Dīn: “And They Resented Them Not Except Because They Believed in God, The Exalted In Might, The Praiseworthy”

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The title of this release is Qur’anic verse 85:8.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥurās al-Dīn — And They Resented Them Not Except Because They Believed in God, The Exalted In Might, The Praiseworthy

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Eye On Jihadis in Libya Weekly Update: March 19

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IS in Action

On 13 March, Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested a six member terrorist cell after conducting raids in the Casablanca area. A statement from the ministry of interior said that one of the terror suspects had been previously imprisoned over connections to IS in Libya.

On 8 March, French newspaper Liberation published an article based on French General Directorate of Internal Security documents and other sources suggesting that a senior figure of IS may have visited Libya for a short period of time in April 2017. The individual, Abu Luqman (Abu Ayub al-Ansari), was appointed the head of the Amniyat – IS intelligence services – in March 2017. It has been alleged that he travelled to Libya in April 2017 to help reorganize the group after their removal from Sirte in December 2016.

A weekly update of IS’s actions, the Western response, and developments pertaining to Libya’s other militias is available by subscribing here. To read about Western countries’ responses to IS in Libya this week, click here, and to read about the developments within the anti-IS Coalition of Libyan militias, click here. To read all four sections of this week’s Eye on IS in Libya report, click here.

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