Nikita Malik, Forbes.com, Why Do We Underestimate The Role Of Women In Terrorist Organizations?, 26 Sep 2018 "It is important to remember, moreover, that Islamic State was the first terrorist organization to spearhead a systematic campaign to reach out to women – using gender specific propaganda to do so. The group later inspired others, including the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban, or TTP) to follow suit and produce content tailored specifically for its ‘jihadi sisters’, and elaborate on their role in promoting the mujahideen (fighters)."

Tags: Gender , jihad, Radicalisation

Bitcoin and IS

21 September 2018 12:26 Filed in: 'Islamic State'

Kurdistan24, Islamic State using cryptocurrencies but not to launch attacks in Europe: Europol, 20 Sep 2018 "The Islamic State (IS) has used cryptocurrency such as Zcash to fund its terrorist activities online, but has not done so directly to finance attacks in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said in a recent report.

"In its 2018 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), the law enforcement agency found that, while IS continues to use the internet and cyber-tools “to spread and inspire acts of terrorism,” it had not used such means in direct attacks on European soil."

Tags: 'Islamic State', Finance, Radicalisation

Prisons and Radicalisation

27 September 2018 13:12 Filed in: Radicalisation | Research

Independent, How British prisons became a breeding ground for Islamist extremism "Ian Acheson, a former prison governor who led the review, told The Independent that a “lethal combination of arrogance and ineptitude at the top meant that the scale of the problem was not remotely understood”."

Useful summary with links to reports.

Tags: Research, Radicalisation, Prisons

Facebook recruiters jailed

27 September 2018 13:03 Filed in: Spain internet | Social Media | Radicalisation

Agence France Presse, The Daily Star, Spain court gives Facebook Daesh recruiters prison sentences, 26 Sep 2018 "A Spanish court has sentenced four people to prison terms of up to seven years for recruiting and indoctrinating supporters, mainly young Muslim women, for Daesh (ISIS) via Facebook."

Tags: Radicalisation, Social media, Spain internet

Facebook recruiters jailed

27 September 2018 12:44 Filed in: Spain internet | Radicalisation

Agence France Presse/The Daily Star, Spain court gives Facebook Daesh recruiters prison sentences, 26 Sep 2018

"A Spanish court has sentenced four people to prison terms of up to seven years for recruiting and indoctrinating supporters, mainly young Muslim women, for Daesh (ISIS) via Facebook."

Tags: Radicalisation, Spain internet, Prosecutions

Countering Islamist Radicalisation in Germany

27 September 2018 12:41 Filed in: Germany | Radicalisation

New and noted: ICCT, Countering Islamist Radicalisation in Germany – A Guide to Germany’s Growing Prevention Infrastructure refers to Behnam T., Said and Hazim Fouad. “Countering Islamist Radicalisation in Germany – A Guide to Germany’s Growing Prevention Infrastructure.” The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague 9 (2018). [Haven't read this yet]

Tags: Radicalisation, Germany, Research

Lessons From ISIS: Using the Internet for Counter-Terrorism

08 September 2018 17:08 Filed in: Security | Radicalisation

The Quint, Lessons From ISIS: Using the Internet for Counter-Terrorism "Bloom and Daymon in their research paper titled ‘Assessing the Future Threat: ISIS’s Virtual Caliphate’ join a chorus of other researchers such as Charlie Winter and Haroro J Ingram from the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) at The Hague in highlighting how ISIS has, by design and impeccable execution, changed the way the internet can be used for radicalisation.."

I discuss similar themes in 'Hashtag Islam'.

Also see Mia Bloom and Chelsea Daymon, Assessing the Future Threat: ISIS's Virtual Caliphate

Tags: Gary R. Bunt's publications, Security Issues, 'Islamic State', Radicalisation, Research

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De-radicalisation Resisted

Deradicalisation in the Netherlands

Rethinking Radicalisation

Iraq's Post ISIS Campaign of Revenge

Online Radicalisation in Hawaii

Allied and Lethal: Islamic State Khorasan’s Network and Organizational Capacity in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Wales Far-Right Issues

Radio and Social Media against Radicalisation

True Origins of ISIS

True Origins of ISIS

Building pictures of online activity

The New Radicalization of the Internet

Australia ISIS sentencing

Boko Haram brought terror to Niger. Can a defectors program bring peace?

Net radicalisation

Right-wing hate recruitment

Gender specific propaganda

Bitcoin and IS

Prisons and Radicalisation

Facebook recruiters jailed

Facebook recruiters jailed

Countering Islamist Radicalisation in Germany

Lessons From ISIS: Using the Internet for Counter-Terrorism

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'Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority'

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