Despite the traditional restrictive views of Islamic jurisprudence on women’s social activities, the level of women’s incorporation into jihadi organizations is growing rapidly in both numbers and roles. This article argues that this increase reflects a strategic logic—jihadi groups integrate women to enhance organizational success. The article develops a typology…
The use of the Internet, particularly social media, by violent extremists and terrorists and their supporters received an increasing amount of attention from policymakers, media, Internet companies, and civil society organisations in 2017. In addition to politicians stepping-up their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by consumption of and networking around…
Research on the engagement of children with the so-called Islamic State (a.k.a. ISIS) relies heavily on the analysis of obtained ISIS documents and ISIS-disseminated propaganda, leaving major elements of the recruitment and deployment process uncovered. Such ambiguities hinder future efforts aimed at dealing with ISIS’ child soldiers. As such, an…
Dino Pecenkovic’s father and brother fought and died in Syria, but he rejected extremism – although his family’s radical connections led to accusations that he helped an Islamist militant who attacked the US embassy in Sarajevo.
The Western Balkans has been over represented on a per capita basis for foreign recruitment in terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Nusra. Research shows that much of the recruitment into ISIS and al-Nusra, including in the Balkans, occurred via a combination of Internet-based and face-to-face interactions. This research represents an…
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This study reflects the most comprehensive, publicly available accounting of Americans who traveled to join jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq since 2011. It iden- tifies 64 travelers, the largest available sample to date. These individuals, and their stories, were uncovered during a multi-year investigation. Authors interviewed law enforcement officials,…
The #Formers films aim to tell the stories of four former extremists in their own words. These include a mixture of both former ‘Islamist’ as well as former ‘far-right’ violent extremists.
Step Together is a early intervention helpline and online service to help you, if who know someone that may be headed down the path to violent extremism. This service has been developed to provide a safe space where people’s key support networks (family, friends and acquaintances), can find information and…
This report summarizes the content of a Preventing Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) workshop convened by Hedayah, UNESCO IICBA, UNESCO office in Kampala, and the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Uganda in Kampala, Uganda from 23-25 January 2018.
ISD’s Counter Conversations programme is an experimental approach designed to fill a gap in our response to online extremism by testing if the methods deployed in offline interventions can be brought into the social media domain. Direct engagement with radicalising individuals by mentors and ‘intervention providers’ is now a well…
