Articles of the Week – 5/5-5/11

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Saturday May 5:
Members of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed from East Deraa Countryside – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2IzYQti
Sunday May 6:
Gray Media Under the Black and White Banner – Audrey Alexander and Helen Christy Powell, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2ww6T5A
Tuesday May 8:
What They Really Want Is a Caliphate! British Salafi Reactions to the Arab Spring – Kirstine Sinclair, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/2ryUYz8
Online jihadist magazines and the “religious terrorism” thesis – Stuart Macdonald, Nyasha Maravanyika, David Nezri, Elliot Parry & Kate Thomas, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2IeGafw
Wednesday May 9:
How violence happens (or not): Situational conditions of violence and nonviolence in Bahrain, Tunisia, and Syria – Isabel Bramsen, Psychology of Violence:
Representing the West and “non-believers” in the online jihadist magazines Dabiq and Inspire – Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Anina Kinzel & Luke Walker, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2G8X8tA
Boko Haram Beyond the Headlines: Analyses of Africa’s Enduring Insurgency – Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2jTu2pL
Brides, black widows and baby-makers; or not: an analysis of the portrayal of women in English-language jihadi magazine image content – Orla Lehane, David Mair, Saffron Lee, and Jodie Parker, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2I74a8h
Thursday May 10:
The afterlife of Osama bin Laden: performative pictures in the “war on terror” – Gabi Schlag, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2rychk2
An Interview with Umm Mohammed: The Wife of Bin laden’s Spiritual Mentor Abdullah Azzam – Tam Hussein: https://bit.ly/2KeLdNu
The Party of God: The Association of Algerian Muslim ‘Ulama’ in Contention With the Nationalist Movement After World War II – Shoko Watanabe, International Journal of Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/2KD7kxt
On the Making and Unmaking of Arab States – Ariel I. Ahram, International Journal of Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/2IU9dZr
Friday May 11:
Limited Statehood and its Security Implications on the Fragmentation Political Order in the Middle East and North Africa – Abel Polese and Ruth Hanau Santini, Small Wars & Insurgencies:
Questioning the current public health approach to countering violent extremism – Neil Krishan Aggarwal, Global Public Health: https://bit.ly/2J6T6aF

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: "al-Nabā’ #131"

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For prior parts see: #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 #131
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Eye On Jihadis in Libya Weekly Update: May 8

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IS in Action On 2 May, Islamic State (IS) fighters attacked the High National Election Commission Office (HNEC) building in the Ghout al-Shaal area of Tripoli at 10:10 local time. Following a brief shootout with security guards, two assailants detonated explosive vests. As many as 16 people were killed and more than 19 were injured. Soon after the incident IS claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the attackers as Abu Ayoub and Abu Tawfik. On 5 May, IS’s al-Naba’ online newsletter claimed that fighters from the group undertook two attacks on the Libyan National Army in the Wahat province, in late April. On 8 May, IS undertook an SVBIED attack on an LNA controlled checkpoint near Bin Jawwad, 70 km from Ras Lanuf, killing two and injuring four. Other Jihadi Actors On 1 May, factions in Misrata eulogised the former leader of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC), Wissam Bin Hamid, after news of his death was officially announced by his family. He was reportedly killed on 10 December 10, 2016. A weekly update of ISIS’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 ISIS in Libya this week, click here, and to read about the developments within the anti-ISIS Coalition of Libyan militias, click here. To read all four sections of this week’s Eye on ISIS in Libya report, click here. Eye-on-Isis-Logo-001

New statement from Majlis Shūrā al-Mujāhidīn Darnah: "And It Increased Them Only In Faith and Acceptance"

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 33:22. Here it is in full: “And when the believers saw the companies, they said, “This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.” And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.”
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Islamist militias created a joint Shura Council of Derna region. Claim support for Benghazi Shura Council. #Libya
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Majlis Shūrā al-Mujāhidīn Darnah — And It Increased Them Only In Faith and Acceptance
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