ON DA’ISH’S TWEETS DU JOUR (24 MAR 15) »
From the sea of items that captured our interests today we have selected four to showcase here. - Read more...
AL-QARADAWI DIVULGES POTENTIALLY EXPLOITABLE DETAILS ABOUT AL-BAGHDADI’S BACKGROUND »
According to Muslim Brotherhood thought leader and HAMAS spiritual guide Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. - Read more...
CHATTER: FREE EGYPTIAN ARMY READYING FOR INVASION FROM LIBYA »
In recent weeks, the Egyptian government and the Egyptian press have reported extensively about an Islamist militia that is being trained in Libya to invade Western Egypt. According to the reports, the Free Egyptian Army (FEA) is based in the Derna area of eastern Libya and recently graduated its first 700, plus recruits. ... - Read more...
YOUNG WOMEN FLOCKING TO THE SYRIAN JIHAD »
On April 10, two Austrian girls of Bosnian descent, Sabina Selimovic (age 15) and Samra Kesinovic (16), went missing from their Vienna homes. The two had purchased tickets and flew to Adana in southeast Turkey. Located just 100 km from the Syrian border, Adana is a key transit point for individuals seeking to join the Syrian Jihad. Three days later, they crossed the border with Syria. ... - Read more...
ON AHMAD MUSA JIBRIL »
Breaking news this evening reveals Shiraz Maher and other ICSR (Kings College) researchers have published a report that provides substantial coverage of the activities of an individual we have been monitoring in recent months, Ahmad Musa Jibril, whom one of my colleagues and I assess has/had the potential to become the next online English-speaking jihadi cleric celebrity a la Anwar al-Awlaki. ... - Read more...
ISLAMIC NGOs AND THE MURKY BUSINESS OF FUELING THE SYRIAN JIHAD »
Among the array of activities that help analysts map al-Qa’ida’s international network while dually building understandings of key sources of support for the Global Jihad movement, following the money is crucial. ... - Read more...
TURKEY AND THE ISIS ‘OPPORTUNITY’ »
When Turkey first returned fire to ISIS in the area of Çobanbey/al-Ra’i on January 28, 2014 it was reported that the Turks were responding to breaches of Turkish territory by ISIS. ... A different perspective on what occurred than is found in many press reports was provided by a British ISIS fighter who died a few days later. - Read more...
LONDON-BASED GLOBAL JIHAD PROMOTER TO HOST ONLINE INTERVIEW WITH AQ EMIR AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI »
Within the next 24-hours, the leader of the UK-based al-Magreze Centre for Historical Studies will host online an interview with al-Qa’ida emir Ayman al-Zawahiri, during which al-Zawahiri will reportedly discuss Syria-related concerns. ... - Read more...
GERMAN MUSLIMS TRAVELING TO THE TRIBAL AREAS: EN ROUTE TO THE JIHAD »
In 2008, a group of Muslims in Hamburg began discussing support for their fellow Muslims in need and emigrating to wage jihad. Now known as the “Hamburg travel group,” it is assessed the group consisted of eight jihadis. ... - Read more...
ON STOVEPIPING: EARLY FATWAS SHOWED AL-QA’IDA DECLARED WAR ON US YEARS BEFORE BIN LADEN DID SO PUBLICLY »
On 23 February 1998, the day that Usama bin Laden again publicly declared war on the United States with the release of a fatwa urging jihad against “Jews and Crusaders,” CIA circulated a memorandum ... - Read more...
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