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in title, tags, annotations or urlAl-Qaida and ISIS Use Twitter Differently. Here's How and Why. - NationalJournal.com - 1 views
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their separate techniques not only reveal key divisions between the two terrorist groups, but also illustrate the depths of extremism that ISIS will plumb—and that al-Qaida won't.
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Social media's public and instantaneous nature is ideal for reaching ISIS's target audience—young, disillusioned Westerners who are ripe for radicalization—and it gives them a sense of community.
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This article contrasts communication techniques of Al-Qaida and ISIS. It outlines how ISIS communication strategy uses more dominant forms of social media such as facebook, youtube, and twitter while Al-Qaida still uses web pages, forums, and their own magazine they publish to speak to their audience.
BBC News - Can Iraqi militants be kept off social media sites? - 0 views
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co-ordinated hashtag campaigns to get its content trending on Twitter.
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The Iraqi government responded by blocking social media sites and, in some provinces, barring access to the internet entirely.
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But some of the most active Islamist social media accounts are still live,
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How Egypt is keeping its women trapped in zombie society - Your Middle East - 0 views
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he majority of families would rather have their daughters in an unfulfilling, even miserable marriage, convinced that she will somehow find a magical way to adapt, than see her alone
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Female independence is looked down on,
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true religious scholars are the first to reject any form of overt or clandestine female oppression
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Strife in Libya Could Presage Long Civil War - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Salah Badi, an ultraconservative Islamist and former lawmaker from the coastal city of Misurata.
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Mr. Badi’s assault on Libya’s main international airport has now drawn the country’s fractious militias, tribes and towns into a single national conflagration that threatens to become a prolonged civil war. Both sides see the fight as part of a larger regional struggle, fraught with the risks of a return to repressive authoritarianism or a slide toward Islamist extremism.
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the violence threatens to turn Libya into a pocket of chaos destabilizing North Africa for years to come.
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Article explains the civil war that is erupting in Libya. Islamist extremists are trying to take over the country and towns and tribes of Libya are choosing sides. Tripoli has been the biggest battle ground and its airport was destroyed.
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This NYT article gives an excellent outline of the prominent factions fighting in Libya, and the purpose and goals of those factions as of Aug, 2014.
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This NYT article gives an excellent outline of the prominent factions fighting in Libya, and the purpose and goals of those factions as of Aug, 2014.
Up to 1,700 Russians fighting for ISIS - 0 views
Will Tunisia's border barrier keep chaos confined to Libya? - 0 views
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Tunisia has recently completed simple border improvements that they believe will stop or dramatically reduce the amount of militants from spreading into Tunisia from Libya. It consists of sand banks and water filled trenches. Perhaps they should look to the US border as an example to see how that actually works.
Saudis ridicule 'women look at football players' thighs' fatwa - 0 views
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In an opinion piece for Saudi daily Al-Jazirah, translated in English by the Saudi Gazette, columnist Ruqaya Al-Huwairni wrote: "I cannot describe how embarrassed and annoyed I was after listening to a fatwa issued by a local mosque imam." Al-Huwairni added: "To be frank, I do not know why women are looked down upon more than men.
Start Preparing for the Collapse of the Saudi Kingdom - 0 views
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For half a century, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the linchpin of Mideast policy. A guaranteed supply of oil has bought a guaranteed supply of security. Ignoring autocratic practices and the export of Wahhabi extremism, Washington stubbornly dubs its ally "moderate." So tight is the trust that U.S.
The Islamic State Is Forcing Women to Be Sex Slaves - 1 views
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Women and girls as young as 11 have been systematically raped by fighters for the Islamic State, which has made sex slavery a pillar of its self-proclaimed caliphate. The New York Times interviewed 21 women and girls in Iraq who recently escaped Islamic State captivity, examined the group's communications and talked to terrorism and religious experts for a chilling report by Rukmini Callimachi, a correspondent who covers Islamic extremism.
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