Radicalisation
Shamima Begum Case - update
18 February 2019 12:30 Filed in: 'Islamic State' | British Muslims | Radicalisation | Gender | Recruitment
For details of the Shamima Begum case, click here:
Read More…Islamberg, N.Y.
08 February 2019 18:24 Filed in: American Muslims
De-radicalisation Resisted
03 January 2019 19:20 Filed in: Prevent | British Muslims | Radicalisation | 'Islamic State' | de-radicalisation | Deradicalisation
Rethinking Radicalisation
20 December 2018 13:06 Filed in: Television | Radicalisation
Iraq's Post ISIS Campaign of Revenge
18 December 2018 13:23 Filed in: Radicalisation | 'Islamic State' | Iraq | Prosecutions | Shi'ism | Sunni
A sobering essential long-read by Ben Taub (and associated photographers): New Yorker, Shallow Graves/Iraq's Post ISIS Campaign of Revenge Read More…
Wales Far-Right Issues
03 December 2018 17:06 Filed in: Radicalisation | Racism
Radio and Social Media against Radicalisation
03 December 2018 12:41 Filed in: Philippine Muslims | Social Media
The New Radicalization of the Internet
26 November 2018 19:50 Filed in: Radicalisation
Australia ISIS sentencing
23 November 2018 11:42 Filed in: Australia | 'Islamic State'
Boko Haram brought terror to Niger. Can a defectors program bring peace?
21 November 2018 12:27 Filed in: Boko Haram | Niger
Washington Post, Boko Haram brought terror to Niger. Can a defectors program bring peace? Read More…
Net radicalisation
16 November 2018 12:01 Filed in: Australia | Radicalisation
Right-wing hate recruitment
06 November 2018 17:29 Filed in: Radicalisation | Video games
Gender specific propaganda
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)."
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."
"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."
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.
Useful summary with links to reports.
Facebook recruiters jailed
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."
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."
"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."
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]
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
I discuss similar themes in 'Hashtag Islam'.
Also see Mia Bloom and Chelsea Daymon, Assessing the Future Threat: ISIS's Virtual Caliphate