Jihad
Jihad
TSAS WP16-14: Talking to Foreign Fighters: Socio-Economic Push versus Existential Pull Factors
The research acquired primary data through interviews with foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, the families and friends of such fighters, and other online supporters of jihadism, to better understand – …
All Jihad is Local: What ISIS’ Files Tell Us About Its Fighters
Jihadist Hotbeds. Understanding Local Radicalization Processes
Recent analyses reveal that the vast majority of jihadists come from or have some connections with specific areas or districts within different states. One can describe them as local/regional “hotbeds” – …
Normative support for terrorism: The attitudes and beliefs of immediate relatives of Jema’ah Islamiyah members
Abstract: Families might be an important source of norms that legitimize terrorism, an assumption that has yet to be tested empirically. To investigate this, surveys were administered to 20 immediate – …
Retweeting the Caliphate: The Role of Soft-Sympathizers in the Islamic State’s Social Media Strategy
Paradigmatic Shifts in Jihadism in Cyberspace: The Emerging Role of Unaffiliated Sympathizers in the Islamic State’s Social Media
Case studies of selected al-Qa’ida members
‘Questions about Dawlah. DM me, plz.’ The Sock Puppet Problem in Online Terrorism Research
This is Not Your Mother’s Terrorism: Social Media, Online Radicalization and the Practice of Political Jamming
Abstract: It is commonly recognized that social media presents vast new opportunities for terrorist groups seeking to radicalize audiences. However, few scholars have studied the actual mechanisms by which radicalizing – …
Martyrologie 2.0 ou la genèse d’une fabrique numérique des martyrs jihadistes
Résumé: Centre International de Criminologie Comparée (CICC), Université de MontréalCette contribution entend explorer le rôle des martyrs et des dispositifs martyrologiques comme ressource symbolique du mouvement jihadiste transnational (MJT). S’inspirant – …
Comment le jihadisme est-il devenu numérique ? Évolutions, tendances et ripostes,
Abstract: Twitter constitue un terrain de jeu de prédilection pour le groupe État islamique (EI) : espace de médiatisation, de revendication et de mobilisation. Depuis sa matrice de naissance afghane – …
Voices of the Caucasus Emirate: Mapping and analyzing North Caucasus insurgency websites.
Abstract: This article looks at Internet use by insurgent groups in the North Caucasus in the context of a regional diffusion of violence. Using a mixed methods research design that – …
TSAS WP16-11: Jihad in the Jazeera: Explaining The Islamic State’s Growing Insurgent Threat in Egypt
Why did Wilayat Sinai – The Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula – evolve to become an unprecedented challenge to the Egyptian state?
Defining and Understanding the Jihadi-Salafi Movement: A Review Article
Growing Threat of European Fighters in Syria Highlights Need for EU Cooperation
Almost all European Union member states have seen some of their young citizens, often Muslims between the ages of 18-29, leave their countries to join the jihad against the Assad – …
Transformation of jihadism in the Netherlands
Foreign Fighters in Syria
Over 12,000 fighters from at least 81 countries have joined the civil war in Syria, and the numbers continue to grow. Around 2,500 are from Western countries, including most members – …
A Persistent Threat: The Evolution of al Qa’ida and Other Salafi Jihadists
This report examines the status and evolution of al Qa’ida and other Salafi-jihadist groups, a subject of intense debate in the West. Based on an analysis of thousands of primary – …
New Terrorism and New Media
This report examines how Al-Qaeda, its affiliates and other terrorist organizations have moved their online presence to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media outlets, posing challenges to counter-terrorism – …
Voices of the ‘‘Caucasus Emirate’’: Mapping and Analyzing North Caucasus Insurgency Websites
This article looks at Internet use by insurgent groups in the North Caucasus in the context of a regional diffusion of violence. (Source: Publication).
Radicalization of Youth as a Growing Concern for Counter-Terrorism Policy
The portrayal of a terrorist as a foreigner from a disadvantaged marginalized country, striking at the Western values from abroad, is slowly fading with the latest increase in Canadian, American – …
Radicalization – A Guide for the Perplexed
The RCMP, National Security Criminal Investigations Program provides an introduction to terrorist radicalization in Canada, the challenges and how it’s being addressed.
Tracking the War of Ideas: A Poll of Ottawa Muslims
A 2008 poll of 430 Ottawa Muslims found predominantly negative views of the U.S. war on terrorism, including the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. (Source: Publication).
How Taqiyya Alters Islam’s Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism
Islam must seem a paradoxical religion to non-Muslims. On the one hand, it is constantly being portrayed as the religion of peace; on the other, its adherents are responsible for – …
Why Global Jihad is Losing
A Global Culture to Fight Extremism
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Explaining Variation in Western Jihadists’ Choice between Domestic and Foreign Fighting
This article studies variation in conflict theater choice by Western jihadists in an effort to understand their motivations. Some militants attack at home, whereas others join insurgencies abroad, but few – …
Al-Qaeda and Sacrifice: Martyrdom, War and Politics
‘Bomb-Making for Beginners’: Inside al Al-Qaeda E-Learning Course
This study explores how terrorists utilise the Internet to learn bomb-making skills. Unlike previous studies, it does not focus on assessing the quality of online bomb recipes. (Source: Publication).