New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s Shaykh Qutaybah Abū Nu’mān al-Shinqīṭī: “In That Let Them Rejoice”

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 10:58. Here it is in full: “Say, ‘In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy – in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate.'”

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Articles of the Week – 11/14-11/20

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Sunday November 15:

When Terrorists Plotted a Texas Jailbreak and Other Stories We Almost Missed – Seamus Hughes, Bennett Clifford, and Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, The Daily Beast: https://bit.ly/36M65s8

Monday November 16:

Online Terrorist Content: Is it Time for an Independent Regulator? – Patrick Bishop and Stuart Macdonald, GNET: https://bit.ly/36SreRI

Tuesday November 17:

Analyzing Interviews with Terrorists – John F. Morrison, Resolve Network: https://bit.ly/36UduFT

Strategic communications: The Pakistan military’s use of social media against terrorism – Muhammad Khalil Khan and Cornelius B Pratt, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/3kNGYKA

Counter‐terrorism policies in the Middle East: Why democracy has failed to reduce terrorism in the Middle East and why protecting human rights might be more successful – Nancy A. Morris, Gary LaFree, and Eray Karlidag, Criminology and Public Policy: https://bit.ly/3kRSyV0

Wednesday November 18:

The End of the Sahelian Exception: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Clash in Central Mali – Edoardo Baldaro and Yida Seydou Diall, The International Spectator: https://bit.ly/3ffAHGB

Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making – Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari, The International Spectator: https://bit.ly/2UM2jte

The Islamic State’s Global Insurgency and its Counterstrategy Implications – Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, and Charlie Winter, ICCT: https://bit.ly/36NVltu

Funding in Place: Local Financing Trends Behind Today’s Global Terrorist Threat – Katherine Bauer and Matthew Levitt, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2IXsavz

Thursday November 19:

The Truth Is Out There: The Prevalence of Conspiracy Theory Use by Radical Violent Extremist Organizations – Gregory J. Rousis, F. Dan Richard, and Dong-Yuan Debbie Wang, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/35NlQ2K

Friday November 20:

Outlasting the Caliphate: The Evolution of the Islamic State Threat in Africa – Jason Warner, Ryan O’Farrell, Héni Nsaibia, and Ryan Cummings, CTC
Sentinel: https://bit.ly/33pJil4

Al-Qaeda’s Leaders Are Dying, But a Greater Challenge Looms – Charles Lister, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3o2rnZL

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #261″

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For prior parts see: #260, #259, #258, #257, #256, #255, #254, #253, #252, #251, #250, #249, #248, #247, #246, #245, #244, #243, #242, #241, #240, #239, #238, #237, #236, #235, #234, #233, #232, #231, #230, #229, #228, #227, #226, #225, #224, #223, #222, #221, #220, #219, #218, #217, #216, #215, #214, #213, #212, #211, #210, #209, #208, #207, #206, #205, #204, #203, #202, #201, #200, #199, #198, #197, #196, #195, #194, #193, #192, #191, #190, #189, #188, #187, #186, #185, #184, #183, #182, #181, #180, #179, #178, #177, #176, #175, #174, #173, #172, #171, #170, #169, #168, #167, #166, #165, #164, #163, #162, #161, #160, #159, #158, #157, #156, #155, #154, #153, #152, #151, #150, #149, #148, #147, #146, #145, #144, #143, #142, #141, #140, #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121, #120, #119, #118, #117, #116, #115, #114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103, #102, #101, #100, #99, #98, #97, #96, #95, #94, #93, #92, #91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #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: The Islamic State — al-Nabā’ Newsletter #261

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Clarification Regarding the Case of the Media Activist ‘Nūr al-Shilū'”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Clarification Regarding the Case of the Media Activist ‘Nūr al-Shilū’

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