Jarret and Alix have published an intriguing article in Foreign Policy on how jihadi ideologues and forum administrators are deliberately applying gaming principles to their discussion boards and propaganda. The jihadis are doing so to encourage their readers to compete with one another to embody the community’s ethos and take direct action. That’s a new [...]
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The Limits of Gamification
Posted: 25th April 2011 by Will McCants in Jihad culture, propaganda, Recruitment4
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 [...]
How to Spot a Jihadi
Posted: 31st August 2009 by Scott Sanford in Hamas, Jihad culture, Jund Ansar Allah, Palestinian TerritoriesOn 30 August 2009, Jordanian journalist Murad Batal al-Shishani published a new article in al-Hayat where he asserts that an Islamist’s clothes are often political statements and can indicate his precise type of Islamist orientation. Al-Shishani states that during the 1980s, the Salafi style of “short clothing” (a likely reference to the ankle-high pants Salafis [...]