I grew up in the far north of Norway, hundreds of kilometers above the Arctic Circle. As you might expect, my research interests and arctic origin do not intersect very often. Last time was back in 2004 when a plane on the way from my home town Narvik to Bodø was nearly brought down by an axe-swinging Algerian Islamist. [...]
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An Ex-Jihadi in the Arctic
Posted: 15th October 2010 by Thomas Hegghammer in Australia, Converts, Indonesia, Recruitment, training camps5
Justifiying Martyrdom in German
Posted: 21st May 2010 by Nico Prucha in Afghanistan, Converts, Germany, Suicide bombingsEditor’s note: I am glad to introduce Nico Prucha as a new regular contributor to Jihadica. Nico is an German Arabist who has followed the jihadi Internet for a long time and has written several articles on the topic for Jane’s and other publications.] In mid-April Elif Medya published a 30-page document in German justifying [...]
Preview: Autobiography of a German Jihadist
Posted: 5th May 2010 by Thomas Hegghammer in Afghanistan, Converts, Germany, PakistanThe memoirs of Erik Breininger, the German jihadist who was allegedly recently killed in Waziristan, have reportedly appeared online. I haven’t seen them myself yet, but if their authenticity can be established, we are dealing with an extremely valuable document. Jihadica will bring you more details soon.