France vs. Jihadism

ifri.org, Marc HECKER, Elie TENENBAUM, France vs. Jihadism: The Republic in a New Age of Terror "This paper assesses the current state of the jihadist threat to France, as well as the French authorities’ security response. With the upcoming presidential election, 2017 will be a decisive year for the country. Terrorism will be at the heart of the campaign and ISIS will most likely try to strike again."

'Man in the Hat' Abrini spills ISIS terror gang's secrets

NBC News, 'Man in the Hat' Abrini spills ISIS terror gang's secrets

Twitter users take down French politician who told Muslims to be 'discreet

Middle East Eye, Twitter users take down French politician who told Muslims to be 'discreet

Saint-Etienne-de-Rouvray

dailymail.co.uk, ISIS killer 'found accomplice online' despite being on terror list "Adel Kermiche, 19, was revealed by relations to have had several accounts on the social networking site with which he spread jihadi propaganda from his home near Rouen."

Saint-Etienne-de-Rouvray (updated)

middleeasteye.net, Leading French media refuses to publish photos of church attackers "French daily, Le Monde, made a statement saying that it would not publish photos of the church attackers in a bit to avoid feeding the cult of the dead and encouraging further attacks."

 BBC News, France church attack: Prayer, solidarity and Christian imagery on social media

 Express, 'Any little gangster or nihilist' is using ISIS as an excuse KILL, says terror expert "Bernard Henri-Levy, a leading French philosopher, said the terror group had become an excuse for "psychopaths and fascists" to commit evil." opinion

ITV News, Live updates: French priest killer 'was on probation'

Standard, France priest killer Adel Kermiche told judges: 'I'm not an extremist' before he was freed  

Daily Mail, Dramatic moment marksmen shoot ISIS jihadists who killed French priest before rescuing terrified nuns who the fanatics had used as human shields

Nice 14 July 2016

Summary of coverage, specific to central themes of this blog (updated):

France 24, Truck attack in Nice: what we know so far

NYT, A Third of Nice Truck Attack’s Dead Were Muslim, Group Says

Europe 1, Attentat à Nice : où en est l'enquête ?

Independent,  Nice terror attack: Isis claims responsibility for lorry massacre in French coastal city

USA Today, Paris prosecutor: Nice attacker searched online for Islamic State "Searches of Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel's computer and phone showed online searches related to the Islamic State, other jihadi groups and violent images ...

"Bouhlel's uncle told the Associated Press his nephew was indoctrinated about two weeks ago by an Algerian member of the Islamic State in Nice, a claim French investigators say they are not able to confirm. His apparent radicalization has puzzled investigators as well as friends and family."

lanouvellerepublique.fr, Lahouaiej Bouhlel, dragueur impénitent et ultraviolent à l'intérêt récent pour le jihadisme 

Telegraph, Nice attacker 'had planned truck rampage for nearly a year', 21 Jul 2016  





 

Video: How eight French citizens gave up everything for IS group

Video: How eight French citizens gave up everything for IS group - France 24 "In this programme we look at what used to be a group of friends from the eastern French city of Vesoul. All of them were middle-class French citizens, aged between 20 and 30, who converted to Islam in a short space of time. They found the hardcore and sectarian views they wanted to hear in Islamic State group propaganda videos on the Internet. They soon swapped their peaceful life in France for the Syrian civil war, joining the ranks of the Islamic State group. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look."

'Live-streaming' attack

Standard, Isis fanatic 'live streamed brutal knife killing of senior police officer and his wife on Facebook' "A terrorist pledging allegiance to Islamic State posted video and photos on Facebook during the brutal knife murder of a senior police commander and his wife at their home in France."

Radicalisation processes and the internet

:e Monde, Au procès d’apprentis djihadistes : « Comment j’ai pu être assez bête pour vouloir partir là-bas ? »

#Parisattacks

Selected links associated with the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, and the aftermath:

Liberation, Omar Ismaïl Mostefaï, un Français parmi les trois kamikazes du Bataclan 

Guardian,  Parisians throw open doors in wake of attacks, but Muslims fear repercussions

Independent, Far-right protesters who stormed silent Paris vigil chased away by mourners

France24, Video: World shows solidarity with France in wake of attacks 

Time, Muslims Around the World Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks in Paris

Jon Snow, Channel4, Paris attacks: Middle East’s wars arrive in Europe

Newsweek, Islamic State Supporters 'Celebrate' Paris Attacks on Social Media

RFE/RL, IS Supporters Praise Paris Attacks On Social Media

AlJazeera, #TerrorismHasNoReligion trends after Paris attacks

Times of India, How Muslims around the world are condemning Paris attacks and Islamophobia

CNN,  "This is the first thing I drew." After #ParisAttacks, artists share message of peace

Guardian, Paris: Imagine pianist identified as Davide Martello

alArabiya, #ISIS claims #Paris attacks and releases video threat

alArabiya, Egypt's Al-Azhar condemns "hateful" attacks in Paris

Buzzfeed, Front Pages Of The World’s Newspapers Mourn The Paris Attacks 

Le Monde, Attaques à Paris: #PorteOuverte, #RechercheParis, #PrayForParis, nuit de solidarité en ligne

AlJazeera, live blog on the #Parisattacks  

Round-up: Attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia

National, 25 killed in ISIL-claimed mosque bombing in Kuwait

Guardian, Terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France stun three continents 

Independent, Kuwait mosque explosion: 'Isis' bombs Shia Muslims during Ramadan Friday prayers

Daily Mail, Pictured: The man ISIS claim slaughtered tourist on Tunisian beach

Telegraph, Were Tunisia, France, Kuwait attacks co-ordinated by Islamic State for Ramadan? 

Muslims formed 'human shield' to stop gun maniac shooting more dead

Daily Mail  'An attack upon the nests of fornication, vice and disbelief in God': ISIS's chilling words after Tunisian massacre which killed 38 as they warn 'worse is to follow'

NY Daily News, France terror suspect sent selfie with severed head: officials

IBTimes, ISIS Releases Audio Clip Purporting To Be Of Kuwait Shiite Mosque Bomber "The posthumous statement reportedly consisted mostly of Koranic verses and was posted on social media channels used by ISIS. In the clip, the speaker slammed Shiite Muslims and threatened revenge for insulting Islam, Reuters reported. However, the authenticity of the statement could not immediately be verified, the report added."

Prisons and radicalization in France

Farhad Khosrokhavar, opendemocracy.net, Prisons and radicalization in France "The two terrorist attacks that caused 17 deaths among the French people were the results of a radicalization that bears four main features. The people who perpetrated them were from the French poor suburbs, the so-called banlieues, where there is a concentration of populations mostly of North African origins, with a higher rate of joblessness and criminality, and a deeply antagonistic attitude of its male youth towards the rest of the society.

"Many spend part of their youth in the prisons and those who become Jihadists are "born again" Muslims with no previous Islamic culture, having gone through a deep up rootedness in terms of their cultural identity before being attracted towards Radical Islam by a guru, through Internet or the influence of their buddies."

Je Suis Charlie

"Charlie Hebdo"

francetvinfo.fr, VIDEO. Des images de l'attaque au siège de "Charlie Hebdo"


BBC News, Gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo kills 11, 7 Jan 2015  


AP/alarabiya.net, At least 11 killed at French paper shooting

France24 coverage

Twitter Feed: #CharlieHebdo

Jail Sentence in France Over ‘Cyber Jihad’

Jail Sentence in France Over ‘Cyber Jihad’ - NYTimes.com

‘Unprecedented’ Holocaust tribute by French imams

france24.com, ‘Unprecedented’ Holocaust tribute by French imams, 5 Feb 2013 "In the first such event in France, some 30 French Imams visited the Holocaust Memorial at Drancy near Paris on Monday. The visit comes at a time of high tension between France’s Muslim and Jewish communities."

'World media split on Mali intervention'

BBC News, World media split on Mali intervention, 14 Jan 2013 "In the wider world, support for France's actions is mixed, with some Chinese and Middle Eastern writers expressing suspicion about France's motives."

'French Arrest Man Suspected of Financing al Qaeda'

WSJ, French Arrest Man Suspected of Financing al Qaeda, 3 Jul 2012 "The prosecutor cited "serious and concordant evidence" that the suspect sent material from his computer to terrorist groups. It says he played a "centralizing role" in collecting funds for terrorist groups to buy weapons, but didn't elaborate on how much money was involved."

Merah update

Telegraph, Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah was 'traced' to al-Qaeda stronghold, 6 Jun 2012 ""The Merah Case: the Investigation" by journalists Eric Pelletier and Jean-Marie Pontaut, due out on June 14, says "Western intelligence services" established a link between Merah and "an organisation close to al-Qaeda".

"It claims the spy services had detected the activation of "two internet addresses" linked to Merah in September 2011 in Miranshah, the capital of Pakistan's Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold of North Waziristan."

iMuslims Reviewed: Étudier le cyberspace islamique : du panorama à l’ethnographie

Review of iMuslims: Thomas Pierret, espacestemps.net, Étudier le cyberspace islamique : du panorama à l’ethnographie, 23 April 2012 "De fait, iMuslims propose un riche panorama de l’internet islamique à la fin des années 2000. Outre un travail de documentation considérable, le principal mérite de l’ouvrage est donc d’offrir un « instantané » d’une réalité en perpétuelle mutation. À ce titre, iMuslims se révélera sans doute une source très utile pour les futurs chercheurs qui étudieront l’internet islamique dans une perspective diachronique. On soulignera ici que l’ouvrage propose un panorama du web islamique à la veille du printemps arabe et facilitera donc l’évaluation des changements induits par ce dernier."