Many Jihadica readers probably follow the academic journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, but I still want to highlight a couple of new articles that I found especially interesting:
The Internet in Indonesia: Development and Impact of Radical Websites - Jennifer Yang Hui
Jihadi Operational Art: The Coming Wave of Jihadi Strategic Studies - Dima Adamsky
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Robert Spencer on his Jihad Watch blog asks this most trenchant rhetorical question — a question that could be repeated a thousand different times for a thousand different occasions around the world about a thousand different Muslims and Islamic organizations (and my “a thousand” is likely a generous underestimation); yet a question apparently never asked by Jihadica analysts:
“The caption to the AP photo above identifies Sheikh Abdel-Majid al-Zindani as “Yemen’s most influential Islamic cleric” who is also “considered an al-Qaida-linked terrorist by the United States.”
“Now wait a minute. How can al-Zindani be “Yemen’s most influential Islamic cleric” as well as “an al-Qaida-linked terrorist”? Aren’t the learned analysts forever telling us that Al-Qaeda represents a twisted, hijacked version of the true, peaceful Islam, and that the vast majority of Muslims abhor and oppose it? Then why doesn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims in Yemen rise up and reject al-Zindani as a Misunderstander of Islam? How did he come to be “Yemen’s most influential Islamic cleric” if he misunderstands Islam so severely?”
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