Jihadism
TTP’s Online Women’s Magazine Has a Different Message for Their Female Jihadi Audience Than Rumiyah
August 22, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
How the Internet has Enabled Pakistani Militants to Explore New Avenues for Foreign Jihad
August 21, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Some Reflections on Locating Online Viewers of Jihadist Content in Policy Exchange’s ‘The New Netwar’
July 11, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The Role of the Internet in the Jihadist Mobilisation of Women in Spain
July 11, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
From image to function Automated analysis of online jihadi videos
September 18, 2023The strategy of jihadist groups is based on objectives that are sometimes global. Specifically, many of these groups argue that Muslims, wherever they live, should fight for the establishment of an Islamic state or, at least, for such a state to be possible elsewhere. Therefore, taking advantage of the emergence of the Internet, they initiated ...
The Role of Honeypots and Sabotage in State-Based Operations Against Online Jihadism, 2001-2020
September 18, 2023This article offers a descriptive analysis of intelligence operations carried out by the United States and its allies against the presence of jihadist groups on the Internet during the period 2001–2020. In contrast to actions aimed at eliminating the virtual spaces in which terrorists operate, the intelligence operations analysed here are designed to erode terrorists’ ...
Jihadism and Far-Right Extremism: Shared Attributes With Regard to Violence Spectacularisation
September 18, 2023This article argues that similarities between jihadism and far-right radicalism are increasing, particularly with regard to the spectacularisation of violence. Spectacularisation means representing and performing violence in the form of a show, for instance through live-streaming, with a renewed emphasis on captivating symbols and much less attention paid to the ideological foundations on which the ...