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Historian & Arabist - PhD candidate @KU_Leuven - Independent Analyst - Visiting fellow @EFDBrussels - Member of the editorial board @ICCT_TheHague
Mar 22, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Now the IS bay'a storm seems to be over we can compare the Bay'a campaign of 2019 with that of 2022.
1. In 2019 The Islamic State published pledges of allegiance from 15 countries vs. 13 in 2022
2. In 2019; significantly more pledges from Iraq and Syria, now Africa leads
1/ Image 3. 2019: Sinai, Bangladesh, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Khurasan, Tunisia, West-Africa, Tajikistan, Phillipines, Iraq, Libya, Indonesia, Azerbaijan.
2022: Iraq, West-Africa, Syria, Somalia, Phillipines, Yemen, Khurasan, Libya, Sahel, Pakistan, India, Sinai, Central-Africa 2/
Mar 20, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
On August 7, 2014 The United States started its campaign against ISIS. Quickly after the idea of a new Crusade was revived.

Thinking about writing a bit on The Islamic State and the Myths of The Crusades All feedback welcome. It’s just a vague idea for now but I think it would be worth the time looking into this
Jan 25, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
Meanwhile in #Mali On picture 3: seems this guy made a ring out of a 19th century silver coin. Can’t read the markings though, too blurry
May 8, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
The Islamic State is plundering parts of #Nigeria now.

They manage to impose the Islamic tax of Zakāt at least in some regions at this point 1/
May 7, 2021 7 tweets 7 min read
Ramadan for ISIS isn’t only about blood an gore but also about cooking and eating (small thread) #JihadiCulture

#Syria #Egypt
Mar 9, 2021 17 tweets 5 min read
Thread

Now on @vrtnws : Salah

More details: De brieven van Salah Abdeslam: “Zorg dat jullie zonen strijders worden”

hln.be/nieuws/de-brie… This letter ...

Salam wa haleykom ...... Image
Nov 2, 2019 38 tweets 25 min read
And so it begins...
Bay’a to the new Caliph by ISIS fighters from the so-called Sinai Province Bengali fighters
Aug 13, 2019 11 tweets 6 min read
Thread: a deep, and slow, dive into the history of Jabhat an-Nusra / Jabhat Fath as-Shām / Hay’at Tahrīr as-Shām in some of the most interesting research papers published since the origins of the group in mid 2011 Probably the first ever in depth piece on Jabhat an-Nusra. By @azelin back in January 2012

thewasat.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/jab…