Articles of the Week – 9/22-9/28

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Monday September 24:
Mujahideen Mobilization: Examining the Evolution of the Global Jihadist Movement’s Communicative Action Repertoire – Maxime Bérubé and Benoit Dupont, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2DMiEJ4
The Use of Stimulants in the Ranks of Islamic State: Myth or Reality of the Syrian Conflict – Joseph El Khoury, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2xVHyzK
Tuesday September 25:
In the Spotlight: How International Attention Affects Militant Behavior – Jori Breslawski, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2Ql1vYn
Kenya’s Jihadi Clerics: Formulation of a “Liberation Theology” and the Challenge to Secular Power – Hassan Juma Ndzovu, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/2zCxw8x
Ibn Taymiyya’s Fatwa on Martial Arts Training – Yahya Michot and Lina Stas, The Muslim World:
The Ḥanbalī Emigration of 551–569 AH/1156–1173 AD in the Context of the Legal Discourse on Muslims under Non‐Muslim Rule – Bogdan C. Smarandache, The Muslim World:
Thursday September 27:
Dissent in the Islamic State: The Controversy Over Abu Ya’qub al-Maqdisi – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2Og1qI1
‘Reading the ads in al-Daʿwa magazine: commercialism and Islamist activism in al-Sadat’s Egypt’ – Aaron Rock-Singer and Steven Brooke, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2DCJu61
Telling stories of terrorism: a framework for applying narrative approaches to the study of militant’s self-accounts – Simon Copeland, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2IKCrYd
Friday September 28:
Hajin in Deir az-Zor: Interview – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2zTskx9
Experimental Effects of a Call-Center Disclaimer Regarding Confidentiality on Callers’ Willingness to Make Disclosures Related to Terrorism – Michael J. Williams, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, John Horgan, and William P. Evans, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2RuBVl1
The local geography of transnational terrorism – Josiah Marineau, Henry Pascoe, Alex Braithwaite, Michael Findley, and Joseph Young, Conflict Management and Peace Science: https://bit.ly/2pDGuMX
Brand ISIS: Interactions of the Tangible and Intangible Environments – Greg Simons, Journal of Political Marketing: https://bit.ly/2O8EtXV

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: "al-Nabā’ #149"

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For prior parts see: #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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