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Al-Shabaab insurgents during 'Eid al-Adha congregational events throughout Somalia:
Jihadi Culture #الثقافة_الجهادية
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Jihadi Culture #الثقافة_الجهادية
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IS-Yemen takes aim at AQ and its regional affiliates and allies, including the Afghan Taliban, in the aftermath of the 'Arab Spring' in a new video release:
IS-Yemen militants and locals at a marriage ceremony and celebration for one of the "ansar":
Carefully blurring out faces, IS-Yemen militants are shown distributing da'wa literature to locals in Qayfa district, Bayda governorate:
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In a new statement Al-Shabab's Political & Provinces Office alleged that the vast majority (80%+) of U.S. military strikes over the past few years have targeted non-AS targets, instead killing farmers, nomadic pastoralists, & other civilians.
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This is a continuation, AS alleged, of U.S. hostility in particular toward Somalis since the early 1990s UN mission.
The statement focused not only on the human victims but also on the material damage to homes and other buildings and the killings of valuable livestock.
The statement focused not only on the human victims but also on the material damage to homes and other buildings and the killings of valuable livestock.
Praising the steadfastness of Somalis, comparing them to the first Muslims in Medina facing the Quraysh, AS (ignoring its own killings of civilians) promised to increase aid to victims & their families.
AS also warned other East African Muslims outside Somalia they are not safe.
AS also warned other East African Muslims outside Somalia they are not safe.
Argument for broader focus on visual culture(s) in study of extremist groups, in addition to existing studies: voxpol.eu/we-need-a-visu…;
I used visual primary sources extensively in my dissertation (& will in the #IslamizingRebelGovernance book project):
…illidissertationsources.wordpress.com
I used visual primary sources extensively in my dissertation (& will in the #IslamizingRebelGovernance book project):
…illidissertationsources.wordpress.com
Including visuals in published (especially paper) publications can be a challenge to reproduction issues/costs. Setting up an accessible digital site works well.
I first did tried it out in 2013 for a CTC Sentinel article: occidentblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/vis…
I first did tried it out in 2013 for a CTC Sentinel article: occidentblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/vis…
& for a 2016 NGO report on Al-Shabab, featuring a separate media archive database that unfortunately was not publicly rolled out until some time after its publication & w/o edited film clips I'd prepared:
hate-speech.org/new-report-on-…
Database link: hate-speech.org/shababreport/
hate-speech.org/new-report-on-…
Database link: hate-speech.org/shababreport/
