Abstract This article contributes to the growing literature on extremist and terrorist online ecologies approaches snapshotting these. It opens by measuring Twitter’s differential disruption of so-called “Islamic State” versus other jihadi parties Syria conflict, showing that while Twitter became increasingly inhospitable IS in 2017 2018, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Ahrar retained strong communities ...

We analyzed posts written by Facebook profiles who advocate violent jihad without supporting any terrorist group. They share extremist content in the middle of regular posts, thanks to which they are likely reach a large audience. identified what extent their ingroup-outgroup opposition is constructed crisis, identity, and solution frames how use these sometimes breach Facebook’s community stan...

this article aims to explain how islamic fundamentalism in central asia could challenge afghan national security following the withdrawal of international forces. in this paper, the authors focusing on two jihadi islamists groups in central asia, called the imu (islamic movement of uzbekistan) and islamic jihad :union: (islamic jihadism of uzbekistan) believe that high adaptability in the wake ...

Since 1980, the Islamic literacy of Sudirman Mosque, Yogyakarta has centered around jihadi ideology, while Jogokariyan been normative and oriented toward Islamization. Of late, Mosques are taking new different approaches to literacy. This study aims describe newly adopted their appropriation within middle-class society urban landscape. research is qualitative-descriptive, using post-Islamism as...

Western citizens traveling to fight in battlefields across the world are a serious concern for authorities and security agencies in almost every Western country. The so called "foreign fighters" who come from diverse national and demographic backgrounds are joining the fights in Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. The Syrian conflict has proven to be attractive to young, Western M...

In February 2015, three schoolgirls from Bethnal Green Academy left the UK to join Islamic State (IS). Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum became emblematic of group’s “pull” ...