Yesterday, Ahmad ‘Ashush published a fatwa on the jihadist forums where he “decrees and calls on all Muslim youth in America and in Europa to fulfill this inescapable obligation. Namely, to kill the director, producer and the actors and anyone who helped to promote this film.” The fatwa was published by the relatively new al-Bayan [...]
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Fatwa calling for the death of the director, producer, and actors involved in making the film “Innocence of Muslims”
Posted: 18th September 2012 by Nico Prucha in Egypt, Europe, Germany, Indoctrination, Jihad culture, USA4
Entering a new dimension – Jihad via Bluetooth (Part 2)
Posted: 22nd March 2011 by Nico Prucha in AQ Central, Indoctrination, Jihad culture, Jihadi mediaIn the first part we examined the structure of the data provided by the “Mobile Detachment” (Fariq jawwal al-ansar, FJA) media department of the Ansar al-Mujahideen Forum. As stated, in the second part we will take a closer look at the ‘mission statement‘ to understand the ambition of (re-) publishing indoctrinating jihadist materials with the [...]
Entering a new dimension – Jihad via Bluetooth (Part 1)
Posted: 24th January 2011 by Nico Prucha in AQ Central, Indoctrination, Jihad culture, Jihadi mediaIn October 2009 the Arabic “al-Ansar al-Mujahideen Forum” offered a special data-package designed for mobile phones. Published by a newly created “Mobile Detachment“ the contents are aimed at sympathizers and adherents of jihadist principles. Provided with a special software the mobile users can access the documents or watch videos on their portable device while being [...]
Al-Maqdisi’s Online Library of Translated Jihadi Material
Posted: 2nd August 2009 by Scott Sanford in Indoctrination, Jihadi Book Club, Jihadi media, propagandaOn 2 August 2009, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi announced the opening of an English version of his jihadi library. In the announcement, he requested that Falluja Forum members spread the word regarding his new website and to send him any trustworthy translations. The English website is similar to the Arabic site but it currently does not [...]
On 15 May 2009, the Jihadi Brigades of Internet Incursion, which appear to be a part of the Shumukh Forums, announced a successful “incursion” of over 250,000 email addresses. Their announcement stated: We bring good news to the Islamic Ummah of the continuation of the electronic jihadi media raids in support of the truth in [...]
More on Online Recruitment
Posted: 14th October 2008 by Will McCants in Indoctrination, Motivations, propaganda, UncategorizedTags: Jihadi Forums
Tim has a nice summary of a recent conversation between him, me, and Aaron about online recruitment. Tim and I agree and I think Aaron does too, but he wants more rigorous metrics. Fair enough. Aaron observes that there are three things involved with radicalization: Motivation (I’m willing to fight) Association (I want people to [...]
How Online Recruitment Works
Posted: 18th September 2008 by Will McCants in Indoctrination, propaganda, Recruitment, trainingTags: propaganda, radicalization, Recruitment
In a feeble attempt to live up to Jihadica’s new billing as the “most dangerous” website monitoring Jihadis online, I thought I’d post some thoughts on what role Jihadi forums play in recruitment and radicalization. The usual characterization of online recruitment goes like this: some hapless Sunni Muslim starts poking around online, discovers Jihadi propaganda, [...]
Training for the Lone Jihadi
Posted: 19th August 2008 by Will McCants in Indoctrination, trainingTags: Indoctrination, Strategy, training
Ekhlaas member Dir` li-Man Wahada (Armor for One Who Was Alone) has written a brief guide for the Jihadi initiate to consult in preparation for the coming al-Qaeda strikes. His purpose, he says, is to enumerate the general strategic framework of al-Qaeda so the initiate will be able to implement the organization’s vision locally, either [...]
New Booklets on Media, Jihad
Posted: 29th July 2008 by Will McCants in Arab media, IndoctrinationTags: Arab media, Jihadism
Abu al-Harith al-Ansari, a popular Jihadi author, has written an introductory booklet to Jihadism that explains the ideology and motivations of its adherents. Topics covered include: “Why we fight,” “Who we fight,” “How we fight,” and “Who we fight first.” Another interesting booklet that was posted recently is by Abu Ta Ha al-Miqdad, an Ekhlaas [...]
Jihadi Curriculum, Part 1: Ideology
Posted: 5th June 2008 by Will McCants in Indoctrination, Recruitment, StrategyTags: Indoctrination, Strategy
A blogger by the name of Shamil al-Baghdadi has created a curriculum titled “Method for Building the Personality of a Terrorist Mujahid.” The curriculum is divided into three parts: ideology, physical training, and ops. I’m only interested in the ideological bit, but those who are interested in the rest can easily find it on Shamil’s [...]