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The Sociology of Violent Extremism: Theoretical and Sociological Approaches This book is an essential collection addressing key challenges in studying violent extremism. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism

🚨NEW🚨

@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071

Ramadan karim 🌙 ♥️ May it be a month of justice, kindess, and spiritual fulfilment

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I also made a starter pack for the Topic of Terrorism, Violent Extremism and National Security.

Part 1 of the starter pack is here go.bsky.app/T8hq4cX

The second starter pack can be found here
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If you want to be added please reach out

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

2/2 Also see from Tricia Bacon and Daniel Byman:

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/18/p...

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

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
On August 13, 2025 My book on QAnon "From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement" will be published with Routledge's Far-Right and Fascism series. It will be available for Pre-Order in July.

www.routledge.com/QAnon-From-C...

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!

6/7 Gaining a deeper understanding about the these fundraising narratives organized by or for Daesh-affiliated individuals ideally contributes to identifying solutions to disrupt donation flows & developing ways to address the diverse array of propaganda messaging.

5/7 The ongoing issues posed by the camps require continuing attention, including preparations to receive repatriated populations & improving camp living conditions.

4/7 Also see reports by
Gina Vale, @azelin.bsky.social, Vera Mironova, and @devorahmargolin.bsky.social & Camille Jablonski:

1. icct.nl/sites/defaul...
2. www.washingtoninstitute.org/sites/defaul...
3. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/crow...
4. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

3/7 Excellent prior research has dug into the logistics behind these fundraising campaigns and by focusing on the messaging narratives behind the fundraising, we hope to complement this work.

See by Audrey Alexander's CTC report: t.co/Jtgv80ysL5

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/...

L'étonnante postérité de la doctrine française de contre-insurrection - Entretien L’historien britannique Terrence Peterson raconte dans un livre, sur la base de nombreuses archives, la « pacification » conduite par l’armée française en Algérie pour tenter d’effacer le désastre (…)

L’historien Terrence Peterson raconte dans un livre, sur la base de nombreuses archives, la "pacification" conduite par l’armée française🇫🇷 en #Algérie pour tenter d’effacer le désastre Diên Biên Phu en 1954. Une méthode qui inspirera durablement d’autres armées, dont le #Portugal et les #États-Unis.

Thank you!

Anyone have book recs about the IRA and its overall history?

Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America Elon Musk often amplifies antisemitic conspiracy theories. His power as Twitter CEO gives him terrifying influence.

I wrote this in June 2023 a year or so after I tried to get mainstream outlets to cover the story.

Haven’t been this angry about the collective failure of our society to properly address antisemitism in quite a while.

I’m all for touching the stove…this is all a lead up to the stove touching that results in third degree burns…

Really a wild thing to have watched right wing media manufacture consent for these pardons. In the wake of the Capitol riot, there was near-unanimous agreement that it was wrong. Four years later, the participants are “political prisoners” getting White House pardons

Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).

You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*

Hey, Bluesky 🦋

We at the Global Network on Extremism and Technology are happy to join Bluesky to spread our research and resources on combatting extremism and terrorism on technology platforms, backed by @gifct.bsky.social.

Stay tuned for our Insights, Webinars and Reports!

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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...

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

Thank you, Tom! It’s sad how all-encompassing and consuming toxic online spaces can become.

4/4 There are still many unknowns (at least publicly) about the terrorist’s online history which includes interactions w/ others, chats he may have been in, & propaganda he read but we can at least get somewhat of an idea on the virtual environment he could’ve encountered.

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...)

2/4 Connection with approved online communities, resources, & scholars is encouraged but isolating the individual from other sources of info is important in creating an echo-chamber + hardening an ‘us vs them’ framework.

Even as he found himself surrounded by fellow believers, in a community situated within walking distance of one mosque, and a short drive from a second, he remained an outcast, several neighbors said. Editors’ Picks The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About 6 Relationship Resolutions for the New Year How to Improve Your Life He holed up alone in his home, keeping visitors away and limiting contact with neighbors. A neighbor recalled that Mr. Jabbar had grown his beard long and then cut it short again. Several residents said they had never seen him at prayers at the nearest mosque, and the spokesman for the one farther away also said he did not remember him attending. “We’d never seen him here worshiping in our lives, and I’ve been in this community since 2008,” one local resident, Taha Mohamed, said as he attended a prayer service Thursday evening. Mr. Jabbar did not discuss his growing hard-line religious beliefs with those around him, his neighbors said, even as he occasionally posted audio recordings espousing a conservative interpretation of Islam.

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...

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.

To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...