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New statement from al-Qā’idah’s General Command: "Mourning and Condolences on the Death of the Mujāhidīn of the World Jalāl al-Dīn al-Haqqānī"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah_s General Command — Mourning and Condolences on the Death of the Mujāhidīn of the World Jalāl al-Dīn al-Haqqānī
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New release from Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al-Maqdisī: "Did They Suggest It To Them? Rather, They [Themselves] Are A Transgressing People"

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The title of this release is Qur’anic verse 51:53.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al-Maqdisī — Did They Suggest It To Them? Rather, They [Themselves] Are A Transgressing People
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New video message from The Islamic State: "Disperse By [Means Of] Them – Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyyah"

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 8:57. Here it is in full: “So if you, [Oh Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.”
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Articles of the Week – 9/1-9/7

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Saturday September 1:
Islamic State Ruling On Assassination Of Abu Hashim al-Idlibi: A Revised Account – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2wQ5jcE
A Military Anthropologist Looks at Islamic Insurgency in Aceh – MontgomeryMcFate, Orbis:
Wednesday September 5:
The Demographics of Southeast Asian Jihadism – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Vivian Hagerty, and Madeline Dement, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2CxaLqe
Ethics is Method, Method is Ethics: What Terrorism Researchers Should Know – Carol Winkler, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2oOpqDy
Man Haron Monis and the Sydney Lindt Caf’e Siege – Not a Terrorist Attack – Russ Scott and Rodger Shanahan, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: https://bit.ly/2NpVsnu
Thursday September 6:
Suicide Squads: The Logic of Linked Suicide Bombings – Jason Warner, Ellen Chapin, and Hilary Matfess, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2wSaPuF
Out of the desert: ISIS’s strategy for a long war – Hassan Hassan, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/2QcRTiX
Friday September 7:
Mali’s elections saw some jihadist violence. Here’s what these patterns suggest. – Alexander Thurston, The Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2wQfyO8
New Confusion About ISKP: A case study from Sar-e Pul – Obaid Ali, Afghanistan Analysts Network:
Nine Bullets for the Traitors, One for the Enemy: The Slogans and Strategy behind the Islamic State’s Campaign to Defeat the Sunni Awakening (2006 – 2017) – Craig Whiteside, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2Nb3mSd
The Disillusioned Muhajir: Interview – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2NZponp

New video message from The Islamic State: "Merciful Among Themselves"

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 48:29. Here it is in full: “Muhammad is the Messenger of God; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from God and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers – so that God may enrage by them the disbelievers. God has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.”
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New statement from Ḥurās al-Dīn: "Condolences on the Death of the Mujāhid Shaykh Jalāl al-Dīn al-Haqqānī"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥurās al-Dīn — Condolences on the Death of the Mujāhid Shaykh Jalāl al-Dīn al-Haqqānī
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