A new piece for Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel, looking at the phenomenon of converts going to fight jihad in AfPak. I have looked at this a couple of times before, and keep considering a longer piece on it but haven’t quite figured it out yet. I know others are also looking at this, and I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘converts’
The White Man’s Jihad
Posted: May 14, 2011 in Foreign PolicyTags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, australia, converts, Europe, France, Germany, lashkar e toiba, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, UK
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Youth Movement – Somalia’s Foreign Fighters
Posted: February 16, 2011 in Jane'sTags: converts, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, shabaab, shabab, Somalia, terrorism
I have a longer article in the latest Jane’s Intelligence Review exploring the phenomenon of young men (and even if reports are to be believed one woman) going to join the Shabaab in Somalia. The focus of the article is on the phenomenon more recently, using court docs from cases in the US, UK, Sweden [...]
Terrorism at the movies
Posted: September 24, 2010 in Free Rad!calsTags: converts, counter-radicalization, Italy, movies, radicalization, terrorism, UK
A new post over at Free Rad!cals, which is in the middle of a relaunch. Lets hope it goes well! In the meantime, the piece looks at two films I recently saw about terrorism in the West – both worth watching. One thing I would add is that I provide a link in it to [...]
Bruce Hoffman in the National Interest
Posted: June 1, 2010 in Free Rad!calsTags: Al Qaeda, converts, counter-radicalization, lone wolves, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, US, US foreign policy, Yemen
Another post over at FreeRad!cals, this time drawn from a good article I read on a plane. It particularly struck me as it sparked off a long conversation about these issues with someone who really usually is not engaged in them – so it reached out. In retrospect it feels a little unfinished at the [...]
The Blackburn Resistance
Posted: March 26, 2010 in Free Rad!calsTags: converts, legislation, lone wolves, online extremism, terrorism, UK
My latest for FreeRad!cals, looking at a largely unexplored case up north against a group calling themselves the Blackburn Resistance. Most of the chaps have already been released, and there is a bigger unexplored story here in how they were all picked up in the first place. Am working on something larger about this. Any [...]
Crazy Convert Capers
Posted: November 20, 2009 in Free Rad!calsTags: al muhajiroun, converts, Germany, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, UK
My latest over at FreeRad!cals, this one looking at a couple of convert stories which caught my eye. Khalid Kelly is the most fascinating, as I really wonder whether he is what he says he is, or whether this is bluster. Crazy Convert Capers View more articles by Raff Pantucci Filed under: Europe, Radicalisation Two stories [...]
Britain Jails “Lone Wolf” Terrorist Isa Ibrahim
Posted: July 31, 2009 in Terrorism MonitorTags: converts, terrorism, UK
Another piece looking in greater detail at the Isa Ibrahim case – am hoping to build this all into something bigger looking at lone wolf terrorism in the UK. Any thoughts or comments or pointers very welcome. http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=35341 Britain Jails “Lone Wolf” Terrorist Isa Ibrahim Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 23 July 30, 2009 [...]
Polish-Born Muslim Convert Sentenced for Leading Role in Tunisian Synagogue Bombing
Posted: March 2, 2009 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Al Qaeda, converts, terrorism
Been away for a while somewhere I cannot access this, so have been remiss in posting. I have also been working on some longer pieces that means that they are still out for soundings and have not yet actually been published yet. One has through my Institute, but will have to tell you to write [...]
Loners to wannabe terrorists
Posted: November 26, 2008 in New StatesmanTags: converts, terrorism, UK
A new piece for the New Statesman which starts to explore converts, a project I have been trying to find time to work on myself separately. This is an off-shoot of a bigger thing looking at the phenomenon of converts in UK plots. Any thoughts or reactions on this topic, or pointers to others working [...]
Lone jihadists: The new face of UK terror?
Posted: June 16, 2008 in HSTodayTags: converts, HSToday, terrorism, UK
My latest for HSToday’s website. The converts aspect is a theme i am currently expanding further in a bigger project, and any thoughts or ideas or pointers for others doing such work would be greatly appreciated. In fact, any comment or thoughts generally would of course be appreciated. One small prob, this has possibly the [...]
