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New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “False Claims and Real Facts #1”
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New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Speech by Shaykh al-Ḥadīth Mawlāwī Muḥammad Khālid at Bāzār Mosque in Chamkano District, Paktia Province”
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New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “A Large Gathering in Support of the Islamic Emirate Was Held in Islam Qala in Herat”
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New issue of Wakālat Thabāt al-Ikhbariyah’s newsletter: “Thabāt #28″
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For prior issues of this newsletter see: #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Thabāt Newsletter #28
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New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Exclusive Interview with Mawlāwī Shīr Aḥmad ‘Ammār, Deputy Governor of Herat”
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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: “From Global Jihad to Local Regime: HTS Builds Different Forms of Legitimacy”
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This week, the Syrian jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) passed a notable milestone: it has now been active for longer than its predecessor, the al-Qaeda branch Jabhat al-Nusra (JN). Although HTS remains an extremist organization, it attempts to derive legitimacy from different constituencies these days. As JN, the group based its legitimacy on where it stood within the global jihadist movement, but as HTS, it seeks to build its reputation within the local milieu of Syria’s Idlib province. The latter form of legitimacy is more difficult to burnish, however, since it depends on how the group attempts to govern millions of residents with differing aspirations and worldviews. Ironically, HTS now acts much like the Arab regimes it claims to oppose throughout the Middle East—from the way it mobilizes local support, to the abuses it commits against activists opposed to its rule.
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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Assuring Civil Servants in Nimroz and Other Provinces”
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As Nimroz and Jowzjan provinces have fallen under the control of the Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate and a number of civil servants especially in Nimroz tried to flee towards Iran and other places with their families, the Islamic Emirate would like to give the following assurances:
– No former civil servant and other government employee including those who worked in the security sector in Nimroz and other provinces should have any fear of the Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate nor flee towards other places.
– The Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate have been instructed that all residents are provided general amnesty following the takeover of any province, district or region. Any person that worked with the opposition to that moment should not be fearful (of retribution). The Mujahideen will not harass any home, individual or family, rather they should all live assuredly.
– Fleeing to foreign lands or abandoning homes due to irrational fear generated by enemy propaganda will only cause you more suffering and hardship. The Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate have not treated anyone in an un-Islamic or inhumane manner (contrary to enemy propaganda) nor are they allowed to do so. They are your brothers and will treat you with absolute dignity.
– Any soldier, police or other security personnel who have joined and received amnesty from the Islamic Emirate via Preaching and Guidance Commission yet still faces harassment by anyone in the name of Mujahid should immediately contact the Complaints Registration Department through the Whatsapp number provided below to have their case addressed.
– No Mujahideen are allowed to use the private home of anyone as a base, center or under any other label. The private homes of people are inviolable. No matter the job of the homeowner, no home, vehicle or equipment may be used or confiscated. If anyone is wronged in this regard, the victim should register their case with the Complaints department.
– The Islamic Emirate does not want to ruin the country, to scrap government structure, to harm public treasury and private property or for people to be displaced from their true home. Therefore, all should remain in their places with assurance and without any fear of threats. The Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate will protect and safeguard all their rights, Allah willing.
Contact number of Complaints Department : [redacted]
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
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Articles of the Week – 7/31-8/6
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Saturday July 31:
Converting to Salafiyya: Non-Muslims’ Path to the “Saved Sect” – Uriya Shavit and Fabian Spengler, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/3jrQPqN
Sunday August 1:
Studying the Impact of ISIS Propaganda Campaigns – Tamar Mitts , Gregoire Phillips, and Barbara Walter, The Journal of Politics: bit.ly/3je0S2u
Monday August 2:
Evolving patterns of insurgency in Southern and West Africa: Refocusing the Boko Haram lens on Mozambique – Samuel Kehinde Okunade, Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi, and Emmanuel Matambo, African Security Review: https://bit.ly/3rXIv64
On the Road: A Closer Look at Jihad’s Foreign Fighters – R. Kim Cragin, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3isDRtz
Foreign Fighters and Cheese Bells – Thomas Hegghammer, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3iymIPv
Tracing the Line of Foreign Fighters Over Time – Aaron Y. Zelin, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3isJI2g
Tuesday August 3:
Impunity for Repatriated Islamic State Members – Vera Mironova, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/37oshtf
Friday August 6:
A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: the case of jihadist attacks in Europe – Francesco Marone, Global Change, Peace & Security: https://bit.ly/2VAKYHk
Unpacking “glocal” jihad: from the birth to the “sahelisation’ of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – Adib Bencherif, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2VC9Kqx
Negotiating out of Counterterrorism in the Sahel – Wassim Nasr, The Soufan Group: https://bit.ly/3yvqwGH
From Global Jihad to Local Regime: HTS Builds Different Forms of Legitimacy – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3sdMQ5a
New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Islam Qala Is An Important Port and a Special Report on Customs Affairs”
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New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “Blessing and Congratulations To Our Brothers In Ḥurās al-Dīn”
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