WTAE Pittsburgh, FBI: Man Known Online As 'Alshishani' Bites Agents Trying To Serve Warrants, 6 Jan 2011: "A hearing was held Thursday in federal court for a Harrison Township man who the FBI said posted extremist views online under an alias and bit two agents while in possession of a loaded gun.
"Channel 4 Action News' Sheldon Ingram reported that the FBI laid out Emerson Begolly's profile in court, and they want to know if he's a dangerous sympathizer for Islamic extremists or someone in need of psychiatric care."
Coverage of this case (and back story) in Jawa Report, including Jawa Report, Asadullah Alshishani Singing Tribute To OBL, 1 June 2010
Friday, January 07, 2011
Copts celebrate
Al Jazeera English, Copts celebrate amid tight security - Middle East, 7 Jan 2011 "Thousands of Coptic Christians have packed churches across Europe and the Middle East to celebrate Christmas Eve mass amid security fears following a recent deadly bombing at a Coptic church in Egypt.
"Security was stepped up across Egypt as threats against specific churches were posted on the internet, days after the New Year's Day bombing of the al-Qiddissin Church in Alexandria that killed 23 people."
"Security was stepped up across Egypt as threats against specific churches were posted on the internet, days after the New Year's Day bombing of the al-Qiddissin Church in Alexandria that killed 23 people."
Alrawdha Alkadhimiya 3-D
360Cities.net -- The World / Asia / Middle East / Iraq / Baghdad, Alrawdha Alkadhimiya 3-D image
Alrawdha Alkadhimiya in Baghdad
Take a look at this: don't forget to look upwards!
Thanks to Daniel Varisco on the ISLAMAAR list for this tip.
Alrawdha Alkadhimiya in Baghdad
Take a look at this: don't forget to look upwards!
Thanks to Daniel Varisco on the ISLAMAAR list for this tip.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Publication: 'Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery'
Edited from email release from FFI (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt) Norway:
“Arab and non-Arab Jihadis”
"FFI research associate Anne Stenersen has authored a chapter in a recently published report by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. See Assaf Moghadam and Brian Fishman (eds.) Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery (West Point, NY : Combating Terrorism Center, 2010), pp. 131-154.
"Read the chapter:
http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/events/CTCAQ.pdf (go to page 131)
...
"“Jihadi Strategists and Doctrinarians”
"FFI senior research fellow Brynjar Lia has also written a chapter in this report. See Moghadam and Fishman (eds.), pp.100-131.
"Read the chapter:
http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/events/CTCAQ.pdf (go to page 100)"
I haven't read this publication yet.
“Arab and non-Arab Jihadis”
"FFI research associate Anne Stenersen has authored a chapter in a recently published report by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. See Assaf Moghadam and Brian Fishman (eds.) Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery (West Point, NY : Combating Terrorism Center, 2010), pp. 131-154.
"Read the chapter:
http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/events/CTCAQ.pdf (go to page 131)
...
"“Jihadi Strategists and Doctrinarians”
"FFI senior research fellow Brynjar Lia has also written a chapter in this report. See Moghadam and Fishman (eds.), pp.100-131.
"Read the chapter:
http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/events/CTCAQ.pdf (go to page 100)"
I haven't read this publication yet.
'Cyber war breaks out in Tunisia'
Brian Whitaker, al-bab.com, Cyber war breaks out in Tunisia, 4 Jan 2011 "As the Tunisian uprising continues on the ground with no sign of abating, the battle over information is intensifying on the internet."
YouTube reunites daughter
Julia O'Malley, McClatchy Newspapers, kansascity.com, A daughter's YouTube plea from Yemen, a mother found in Alaska, 29 Dec 2010 "In 2007, a Malaysian woman made a YouTube video to ask for help solving a personal mystery."
'Online De-Radicalization?'
Omar Ashour, terrorismanalysts.com, Online De-Radicalization? Countering Violent Extremist Narratives: Message, Messenger and Media Strategy, Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume IV, Issue 6
"With the rise of violent incidents related to online radicalization, outlining a global action plan for producing counter-narratives and promoting online de-radicalization becomes an essential task. In-depth research on counter-narratives, covering its multiple dimensions, constitutes an excellent foundation for guiding an action plan."
"With the rise of violent incidents related to online radicalization, outlining a global action plan for producing counter-narratives and promoting online de-radicalization becomes an essential task. In-depth research on counter-narratives, covering its multiple dimensions, constitutes an excellent foundation for guiding an action plan."
Salman Taseer murder - online reaction
Declan Walsh, Guardian, Salman Taseer murder throws Pakistan into fresh crisis, 4 Jan 2011 "On the internet, Taseer's death provoked a deluge of shared grief on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. But it also highlighted the number of Pakistanis who celebrated the death as a victory for efforts to defend the blasphemy law. Within hours a Facebook page appeared in support of Qadri; by mid-evening it had over 1,000 followers."
Taseer was a frequent user of Twitter: Salmaan Taseer.
Also see this piece from AFP/straitstimes.com, Facebook praise for Pakistan assassination, 5 Jan 2011 "Nearly 2,000 Facebook users joined one group on the social networking site praising Qadri, and dozens of 'fans' joined other pages set up in Qadri's honour in the hours after the shooting.
"All the pages had been removed by Wednesday. Facebook was not immediately reachable for comment."
Other pages are still available.
Taseer was a frequent user of Twitter: Salmaan Taseer.
Also see this piece from AFP/straitstimes.com, Facebook praise for Pakistan assassination, 5 Jan 2011 "Nearly 2,000 Facebook users joined one group on the social networking site praising Qadri, and dozens of 'fans' joined other pages set up in Qadri's honour in the hours after the shooting.
"All the pages had been removed by Wednesday. Facebook was not immediately reachable for comment."
Other pages are still available.
Morocco
Mohammad El-Ashab, Morocco and the terrorist threat, Asharq Alawsat/alarabiya.net, 30 Dec 2010 "When technology and violence come together, this simply leads to the formation of a cell of a kind officially described as “cyberterrorist” in Morocco. And although the advanced communication media revolution was meant to be at the service of civil society, as it shortens distances between worlds and brings closer the branches of knowledge and the features of civilized interaction between nations, what has been termed cybercrime today keeps sleepless all the societies that have been scorched by the transcontinental fire of terrorism."
YouTube issues
Abraham Rabinovich ,The Australian, Reforming voices in the Middle East, 1 Jan 2011
"Following protests in the past few months from several US congressmen, YouTube has pledged to remove content inciting violence.
"The battle between fundamentalists and reformers in the Arab world is nearer the beginning than the end. It is one that will engage the attention of the West as if its future depended on the outcome."
"Following protests in the past few months from several US congressmen, YouTube has pledged to remove content inciting violence.
"The battle between fundamentalists and reformers in the Arab world is nearer the beginning than the end. It is one that will engage the attention of the West as if its future depended on the outcome."
Hamza Yusuf on Wikileaks (opinion piece)
Hamza Yusuf, The American Muslim, God’s Wikileaks: Ready or not, all secrets will be revealed 2 Jan 2011, "We need more whistleblowers, not less. And we need to exalt the ones who, with honor and courage, risk everything so the truth can be known." (opinion piece)
'Muslim Batman of Paris'
Andy Khouri, comicsalliance.com, Racists Totally Freak Out Over Muslim 'Batman of Paris', 28 Dec 2010 reflects ongong online opinions and discussion relating to the new 'Muslim Batman of Paris':
"Introduced in this month's Detective Comics Annual #12 and Batman Annual #28, Nightrunner is a 22-year-old Algerian Muslim who's lived in Paris his entire life (it seems reasonable to assume he was born in France, but at the very least he was raised there). Born Billai Asseiah, the character is uncommonly adept at the highly YouTubeable gymnastic form known as parkour. That and Asseiah's sense of justice make him an ideal recruit for Bruce Wayne's new Batman, Inc. initiative, whereby he franchises Batmen to cities all over the world."
"Introduced in this month's Detective Comics Annual #12 and Batman Annual #28, Nightrunner is a 22-year-old Algerian Muslim who's lived in Paris his entire life (it seems reasonable to assume he was born in France, but at the very least he was raised there). Born Billai Asseiah, the character is uncommonly adept at the highly YouTubeable gymnastic form known as parkour. That and Asseiah's sense of justice make him an ideal recruit for Bruce Wayne's new Batman, Inc. initiative, whereby he franchises Batmen to cities all over the world."
Muslim Brotherhood
thedailybeast.com, Meet Radical Islam's Tech Guru, 26 Dec 2010"Despite getting trounced in the most recent election, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Web geeks are transforming Egypt’s Islamist group from a shadowy organization with power bases in mosques and charities into a media-savvy machine."
Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly
Duncan Gardham, Telegraph, Stockholm bomber's video was posted online after his death, 4 Jan 2011 "Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly blew himself up in a street surrounded by Christmas shoppers in the Swedish capital on December 11. "
'The Explosives Course'
Duncan Gardham, Telegraph, Al-Qaeda bomb manual published on internet, 31 Dec 2010 "The 102-page manual, seen by the Daily Telegraph and available on the internet, explains how to find ingredients from everyday sources and how to mix explosives, including those used in the July 7 bombings and the recent ink cartridge bomb found at East Midlands airport."
'Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom' opinion piece
opinion piece: Qanta Ahmed, huffingtonpost.com, Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination, 4 Jan 2011
"Explicit accounts, videotapes, cassettes, internet uploaded movie files all seek to ignite the collective guilt and repentance for being less worthy, less pure, less valiant than the martyr. Repeated recitation, canonization, rote ritualization, all are deployed to sear the martyrdom act into societal memory for maximal impact and manipulation. Modern day Islamist terrorists know this and apply it with an almost unparalleled mastery. They add scripture to support their evil rationale."
"Explicit accounts, videotapes, cassettes, internet uploaded movie files all seek to ignite the collective guilt and repentance for being less worthy, less pure, less valiant than the martyr. Repeated recitation, canonization, rote ritualization, all are deployed to sear the martyrdom act into societal memory for maximal impact and manipulation. Modern day Islamist terrorists know this and apply it with an almost unparalleled mastery. They add scripture to support their evil rationale."
KSA internet ethics
Diana al-Jassem, arabnews.com, Separating grains of truth from today’s communication chaff, 4 Jan 2011 "Saud Kateb, professor of mass communication and media at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, said urban legends spread due to an absence of a clear criteria about how people should behave when using modern media, such as the Internet."
Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change
Observer, Gazan youth issue manifesto to vent their anger with all sides in the conflict, 2 Jan 2011 "Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change is an extraordinary, impassioned cyber-scream in which young men and women from Gaza – where more than half the 1.5 million population is under 18 – make it clear that they've had enough."
The full statement can be found posted here: Guerrilla News, Gaza Youth Breaks Out (GYBO) Gaza’s Youth Manifesto for Change!
A Facebook page is here: Gaza Youth Breaks Out (GYBO)
The full statement can be found posted here: Guerrilla News, Gaza Youth Breaks Out (GYBO) Gaza’s Youth Manifesto for Change!
A Facebook page is here: Gaza Youth Breaks Out (GYBO)
'From Mosque to YouTube: UK Muslims Go Online'
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