Author(s): Rüdiger Lohlker (ed.)
Language: English
Tags: Terrorism, Jihadism
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Copyright
Table of Contents
Body
Rüdiger Lohlker: Introduction: Confusion meets Confusion
Rüdiger Lohlker: Collective Organizers: Lone Wolves, Remote Control, and Virtual Guidance
Intro
Collective Organization
Turning Offline
Turning Online Again
Drone Wars Jihadi-Style
Virtual Guidance
Virtually Planning or Remote Control Terrorism
Technical Resources
Explosives
Magazines
How to buy Weapons via telegram-channels
Military Knowledge
The Knowledge of Lone Wolves
Jihadism and Arabo-Islamic Mainstream
Ali Fisher: Interrogating the electronic ribat: Data Science in the study of the Jihadist movement
The online Jihadist movement
Solving the problems of the State
Data quality
Counting Content
Summary
What is Data Science
Ali Fisher / Nico Prucha: A Milestone for “Islamic State” Propaganda: “The Clanging of the Swords, part 4”
Introducing the theological framework of “Clanging of the Swords” – from Amsterdam to the “Islamic State”
Salil al-Sawarim, part 1
Salil al-Sawarim, parts 2 and 3 – making a state
Salil al-Sawarim, part 4
The Framework and Context of Sunni Extremist Media
Fighting for Hegemony: Claiming Sunni-Muslim identity and “Prophetic Methodology”
Context of IS Conquest in Iraq: The ˋArab Spring' as a Renaissance for AQ Affiliates in Perspective
Content Analysis of Salil al-Sawarim, part 4
From Kosovo to the Caliphate – Lavdrim Muhaxheri a Rising Jihadi Video Star
The Clashes of the Swords – Nashid as Pop-Culture
A Translation of the nashid Salil al-sawarim
Hunt the Rafida – the Killings of Shiites as a Music Video
Repenting and Recruitment: Inclusion of Sunnis in Conquered Territories
Closed Circuit Communication – the Coded Reference of “unless they repent before you overpower them”
Reformatting Territory – Consolidating Power and Projecting Influence
A Foreign Fighter from Bahrain – Citizens of the Islamic State
Guilt by association: IS reasoning for executions at checkpoints
“Entering a New Stage”
Uniting the Sunni tribes of al-Anbar
The Mujahidin on a Mission
Nashid: Fight for Ramadi
“Today is the day of retribution”
Reverting to the ahl al-Sunna wa-l jama'a – collective repentance
“My brother, if I die, join me, for a life of humiliation is no life at all”
From Battle to Historical Scholar Ibn Kathir – the Rationale for the Fight
Raiding the homes of counter-terrorism units
The Islamic State will Remain
Distribution on Twitter – the Jihadist Dissemination Highway
Important Users on the SAS 4 Twitter Network
Summary of Findings
Recommendations for Analysis
Appendix 1: Top time zones
Appendix 2: Top 50 links
Clemens Holzgruber: “Now You See Me – Now You Don't”: Analysing Jihadists' Online Privacy-Enhancing and Counter-Surveillance Strategies
Introduction and Content
Jihadists' strategic use of online media
Tech-savvy jihadism
Who is writing about online security strategies?
Counter-surveillance measures and technologies applied
Encryption Technologies
VPN Services
Browsers
Live Operating Systems
Smartphone Confidentiality
Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin
Jihadists attempts to solve the online trade-off dilemma
Campaigns to mobilize the media mujāhidīn on public OSNs
Creating Twitter and Facebook accounts by using fake phone numbers and VPNs
Distributing and Hacking OSN Accounts
Conclusion and outlook
Contributors
Ali Fisher
Clemens Holzgruber
Rüdiger Lohlker
Nico Prucha
Index
