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@malikacoexist.bsky.social
Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor
Ramadan karim 🌙 ♥️ May it be a month of justice, kindess, and spiritual fulfilment
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March 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ramadan karim 🌙 ♥️ May it be a month of justice, kindess, and spiritual fulfilment
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February 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
1/2The following are designated as Foreign Terrorist Orgs:
1. Tren de Aragua
2. Mara Salvatrucha
3. Cartel de Sinaloa
4. CJNG
5. Carteles Unidos
6. Cartel del Noreste
7. Cartel del Golfo
8. La Nueva Familia Michoacana
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02873.pdf
1. Tren de Aragua
2. Mara Salvatrucha
3. Cartel de Sinaloa
4. CJNG
5. Carteles Unidos
6. Cartel del Noreste
7. Cartel del Golfo
8. La Nueva Familia Michoacana
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02873.pdf
February 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
1/2The following are designated as Foreign Terrorist Orgs:
1. Tren de Aragua
2. Mara Salvatrucha
3. Cartel de Sinaloa
4. CJNG
5. Carteles Unidos
6. Cartel del Noreste
7. Cartel del Golfo
8. La Nueva Familia Michoacana
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02873.pdf
1. Tren de Aragua
2. Mara Salvatrucha
3. Cartel de Sinaloa
4. CJNG
5. Carteles Unidos
6. Cartel del Noreste
7. Cartel del Golfo
8. La Nueva Familia Michoacana
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02873.pdf
7/7Check out the other essays in this volume featuring work by
@joewhittaker.bsky.social, Farangiz Atamuradova, @willallchorn.bsky.social, Rachel Sullivan, Brendan Kendhammer, Kateira Aryaeinejad,Leanne M. Kelly, Greg Barton, Anthony Ware, and Peter Knoope!
@joewhittaker.bsky.social, Farangiz Atamuradova, @willallchorn.bsky.social, Rachel Sullivan, Brendan Kendhammer, Kateira Aryaeinejad,Leanne M. Kelly, Greg Barton, Anthony Ware, and Peter Knoope!
February 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
7/7Check out the other essays in this volume featuring work by
@joewhittaker.bsky.social, Farangiz Atamuradova, @willallchorn.bsky.social, Rachel Sullivan, Brendan Kendhammer, Kateira Aryaeinejad,Leanne M. Kelly, Greg Barton, Anthony Ware, and Peter Knoope!
@joewhittaker.bsky.social, Farangiz Atamuradova, @willallchorn.bsky.social, Rachel Sullivan, Brendan Kendhammer, Kateira Aryaeinejad,Leanne M. Kelly, Greg Barton, Anthony Ware, and Peter Knoope!
5/7 The ongoing issues posed by the camps require continuing attention, including preparations to receive repatriated populations & improving camp living conditions.
February 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
5/7 The ongoing issues posed by the camps require continuing attention, including preparations to receive repatriated populations & improving camp living conditions.
2/7 In short, these are the results regarding how the narratives broke down:
February 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
2/7 In short, these are the results regarding how the narratives broke down:
1/7 In an essay for
Hedayah's special edited volume, Chelsea Daymon
and I examine pro-Daesh fundraising campaigns and the narratives these online sources employ to elicit donations on Telegram and TechHaven.
hedayah.com/app/uploads/...
Hedayah's special edited volume, Chelsea Daymon
and I examine pro-Daesh fundraising campaigns and the narratives these online sources employ to elicit donations on Telegram and TechHaven.
hedayah.com/app/uploads/...
February 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
1/7 In an essay for
Hedayah's special edited volume, Chelsea Daymon
and I examine pro-Daesh fundraising campaigns and the narratives these online sources employ to elicit donations on Telegram and TechHaven.
hedayah.com/app/uploads/...
Hedayah's special edited volume, Chelsea Daymon
and I examine pro-Daesh fundraising campaigns and the narratives these online sources employ to elicit donations on Telegram and TechHaven.
hedayah.com/app/uploads/...
Reminder: “During his first term as president, [Trump] tried to ban the app. In an executive order issued in August 2020, Trump claimed the app was capturing mass amounts of information about Americans & leaving it vulnerable to the Chinese government.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
January 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reminder: “During his first term as president, [Trump] tried to ban the app. In an executive order issued in August 2020, Trump claimed the app was capturing mass amounts of information about Americans & leaving it vulnerable to the Chinese government.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
3/4 Oftentimes, any possible dissenters are promptly removed (as shown by the below screenshot from a pro-IS women’s group chat) & the pro-IS communities become a sort of filtering system.
(source: gnet-research.org/2024/12/16/t...)
(source: gnet-research.org/2024/12/16/t...)
January 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
3/4 Oftentimes, any possible dissenters are promptly removed (as shown by the below screenshot from a pro-IS women’s group chat) & the pro-IS communities become a sort of filtering system.
(source: gnet-research.org/2024/12/16/t...)
(source: gnet-research.org/2024/12/16/t...)
1/4 In my nearly 6 years of observing pro-IS online spaces, I’ve encountered countless instances where IS supporters seek to control info access. They tell fellow supporters to avoid mosques & unapproved scholars bc they know isolation works in their favor:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...
January 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
1/4 In my nearly 6 years of observing pro-IS online spaces, I’ve encountered countless instances where IS supporters seek to control info access. They tell fellow supporters to avoid mosques & unapproved scholars bc they know isolation works in their favor:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...
Really excited all the books have arrived! Got them via a combo of the resource budget from work and gifts from family/friends 📚
Time to spend this winter holiday NOT wasting time online and enjoying these (ngl prob will still spend too much time on my phone though because I’m a bit addicted)
Time to spend this winter holiday NOT wasting time online and enjoying these (ngl prob will still spend too much time on my phone though because I’m a bit addicted)
December 16, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Really excited all the books have arrived! Got them via a combo of the resource budget from work and gifts from family/friends 📚
Time to spend this winter holiday NOT wasting time online and enjoying these (ngl prob will still spend too much time on my phone though because I’m a bit addicted)
Time to spend this winter holiday NOT wasting time online and enjoying these (ngl prob will still spend too much time on my phone though because I’m a bit addicted)
6/7 In 2022, the group admin created sub-groups for children & encouraged parents to have their kids join through their own accounts. I did not enter either of these groups but this shows persistent efforts to directly involve children & introduce them to this online community.
December 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
6/7 In 2022, the group admin created sub-groups for children & encouraged parents to have their kids join through their own accounts. I did not enter either of these groups but this shows persistent efforts to directly involve children & introduce them to this online community.
5/7 Much of the content posted in the group was also not militant. Examples incl. general religious guidance, maths practice, phonics resources, & Arabic language textbooks. Members shared advice on how to help their children enjoy the learning process. But there was also this:
December 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
5/7 Much of the content posted in the group was also not militant. Examples incl. general religious guidance, maths practice, phonics resources, & Arabic language textbooks. Members shared advice on how to help their children enjoy the learning process. But there was also this:
4/7 It's important to state that not all members of the group can be assumed to align with the admin(s) and in fact, one person was quickly kicked out of the chat after she criticised Musa Jibril and ISIS. H8ers not allowed!
December 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
4/7 It's important to state that not all members of the group can be assumed to align with the admin(s) and in fact, one person was quickly kicked out of the chat after she criticised Musa Jibril and ISIS. H8ers not allowed!
3/7 However, within a month, the admin account shared content from Ahmad Musa Jibril providing more insight into the ideological affiliation of the admin(s) and, by extension, the purpose of the group.
December 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
3/7 However, within a month, the admin account shared content from Ahmad Musa Jibril providing more insight into the ideological affiliation of the admin(s) and, by extension, the purpose of the group.
Got some exciting bday gift book mail! Very excited to read @tgpeterson.bsky.social “Revolutionary Warfare” over the upcoming holidays
November 25, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Got some exciting bday gift book mail! Very excited to read @tgpeterson.bsky.social “Revolutionary Warfare” over the upcoming holidays
My friend had her Whole Foods bag with her and I noticed something. I showed her this side by side comparison and she gave me the bag 🤣😭
November 16, 2024 at 7:26 PM
My friend had her Whole Foods bag with her and I noticed something. I showed her this side by side comparison and she gave me the bag 🤣😭
4/6 “Create, Connect, & Deceive:
Islamic State Supporters' Maintenance of the Virtual Caliphate”: extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
“Al-Qaeda’s Algerian Strategy: Attempts to Co-opt the Hirak and Rehabilitate the Salafi-Jihadi Image” co-authored with Sammie Wicks: www.icct.nl/publication/...
Islamic State Supporters' Maintenance of the Virtual Caliphate”: extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
“Al-Qaeda’s Algerian Strategy: Attempts to Co-opt the Hirak and Rehabilitate the Salafi-Jihadi Image” co-authored with Sammie Wicks: www.icct.nl/publication/...
November 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
4/6 “Create, Connect, & Deceive:
Islamic State Supporters' Maintenance of the Virtual Caliphate”: extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
“Al-Qaeda’s Algerian Strategy: Attempts to Co-opt the Hirak and Rehabilitate the Salafi-Jihadi Image” co-authored with Sammie Wicks: www.icct.nl/publication/...
Islamic State Supporters' Maintenance of the Virtual Caliphate”: extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
“Al-Qaeda’s Algerian Strategy: Attempts to Co-opt the Hirak and Rehabilitate the Salafi-Jihadi Image” co-authored with Sammie Wicks: www.icct.nl/publication/...
1/6 Hi everyone! I research pro-Islamic State, pro-al-Qa'ida, and white supremacist online spaces + propaganda. The to-read list is never ending but reading recs are always welcome 😆 📚
Adding some previous work, including collaborative research, below!
Adding some previous work, including collaborative research, below!
November 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
1/6 Hi everyone! I research pro-Islamic State, pro-al-Qa'ida, and white supremacist online spaces + propaganda. The to-read list is never ending but reading recs are always welcome 😆 📚
Adding some previous work, including collaborative research, below!
Adding some previous work, including collaborative research, below!
It was wonderful seeing you, @profmkbyrnes.bsky.social and can’t wait to read “Making Space”! What a fantastic cover too 📚
Book link: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Book link: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
February 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM
It was wonderful seeing you, @profmkbyrnes.bsky.social and can’t wait to read “Making Space”! What a fantastic cover too 📚
Book link: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Book link: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Report from Mairav Zonszein @crisisgroup.bsky.social on settler violence in the West Bank
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
November 8, 2023 at 1:04 AM
Report from Mairav Zonszein @crisisgroup.bsky.social on settler violence in the West Bank
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Coffee, loukoum, and book - perfect on a cold November day
November 3, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Coffee, loukoum, and book - perfect on a cold November day
November 2, 2023 at 5:39 PM
4/4 Also, the Hamas/ISIS equivalencies REALLY need to stop (especially that #HamasIsISIS hashtag):
October 19, 2023 at 2:16 PM
4/4 Also, the Hamas/ISIS equivalencies REALLY need to stop (especially that #HamasIsISIS hashtag):
3/4 Amplifying dichotomous narratives, dehumanising rhetoric, justifying the unjustifiable concept of collective punishment, & equating civilians w/ terrorist groups or the actions of their gov only fosters dangerous environments both from within & far beyond the conflict zone.
October 19, 2023 at 2:14 PM
3/4 Amplifying dichotomous narratives, dehumanising rhetoric, justifying the unjustifiable concept of collective punishment, & equating civilians w/ terrorist groups or the actions of their gov only fosters dangerous environments both from within & far beyond the conflict zone.