Virtual disputes: The use of the internet for terrorist debates

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 623-639

  Weimann, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 33747686518     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100600912258     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Gabriel Weimann, Terror On the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2006);
2. Yariv Ts fati and Gabriel Weimann, "Terror on the Internet" [in Hebrew], Politika 4 (1999); pp 45-64
3. Yariv Ts fati and Gabriel Weimann, "WWW.Terrorism.com: Terror on the Internet," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 25(5) (2002), pp. 317-332;
4. Gabriel Weimann, WWW.Terror.Net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet, Special Report (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2004);
5. and Gabriel Weimann, "Terrorists and Their Tools: Using the Internet," Yale Global Online, available at (yaleglobal.yale.edu/ display.article?id=3768).
6. Reuven Paz, "Sawt al-Jihad: New Indoctrination of Qa'idat al-Jihad" (Occasional Paper 1, no. 8, published by the Project for the Study of Islamist Movements [PRISM], 2003), available at (http://www.e-prism.org/images/PRISM_no_8.doc).
7. Ibid.
8. The book is online at (www.almaqdese.com/r?c=2.2.05&I=15); see also a long interview with Al-Azdi, published in book form on the same website (www.almaqdese.com/r?c=2.3&I=23).
9. Translated by SITE Institute; available at (http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID= publications2504&Category=publications&Subcategory=0).
10. Ibid.
11. Reuven Paz, "Hizballah or Hizb al-Shaytan? Recent Jihadi-Salafi Attacks Against the Shiite Group, " available at Occasional Paper 2, no. 1, PRISM (February 2004), available at (www.eprism.org).
12. Available at (http://www.d-sunnah.net/forum/index.php) and (http://www.d-sunnah.net).
13. Paz, "Hizballah or Hizb al-Shaytan?" (2004).
14. Ibid.
15. Available at (www.alerhap.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=6136).
16. Reuven Paz, "Hamas vs. Al-Qaeda: The Condemnation of the Khobar Attack" (Special Dispatch 2, no. 3, PRISM, 2 June 2004), available at (http://www.e-prism.org).
17. Ibid.
18. Cited, ibid.
19. Cited in "Happy Snaps of a Suicide Bomber," published in the SouthAfrican Star, 27 January 2004, available at (http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=334925)
20. Ibid.
21. Available at (http://www.abubaseer.bizland.com/hadath/Read/hadath17.doc).
22. The main responses appeared on the Salafi forum Al-Hesbah. See, for example, in (http://www.alhesbah.org/v/showthread.php?t=26865) and (http://www.alhesbah.org/v/showthread.php?t=26751).
23. See online (http://alfirdaws.info/forums/showthread.php?t=3317).
24. Reuven Paz, "Islamic Legitimacy for the London Bombings," Prism, Occasional Papers, 3 (4)(July 2005), pp. 1-36.
25. Y. Yehoshua, "Dispute in Islamist Circles over the Legitimacy of Attacking Muslims, Shiites, and Non-combatant Non-Muslims in Jihad Operations in Iraq: Al-Maqdisi vs. His Disciple Al-Zarqawi," Special Report no. 985. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), 11 September 2005.
26. Ibid.
27. An audiotape of the speech appeared on Islamic message forums on 14 September 2005. See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 987, "Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Zarqawi Declares 'Total War' on Shiites, States that the Sunni Women of Tel'afar Had 'Their Wombs Filled with the Sperm of the Crusaders,'" available at (http://www.memri.org/bin/ latestnews.cgi?ID=SD98705).
28. See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 1000, "Sunni Sheikhs and Organizations Criticize Al-Zarqawi's Declaration of War Against the Shiites," 7 October 2005, available at (http://memri.org/bin/ articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iraq&ID=SP100005).
29. From the Al-Ansar message forum, 15 September 2005, available at (http://www.irhaab.com/ansarnet/showthread.php?t=3970).
30. Available at (http://www.islamonline.net/Arabic/news/2005-09/18/ article10.shtml).
31. The communiqué was posted on several Islamist forums, including Al-Hesbah, on 10 November 2005; available at (http://www.alhesbah.org/v/showthread.php?t=38760).
32. Ibib. (http://www.alhesbah.org/v/showthread.php?t=38817).
33. Ibib, available at (http://www.alhesbah.org/v/showthread.php?t=38912).
34. Text were translated and published by MEMRI; see MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 1043, 5 December 2005. "Al-Qaeda Explains Amman Bombings Threatens: 'In a Few Days, the Infidel Leaders Will Witness an Event that Will Make [the Amman Bombings] Seem Insignificant," available at (http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad& ID=SP104305).
35. Ibid.
36. Reuven Paz 2005. "The IslamicDebate over Democracy: Jihadi-Salafi Responses to Hamas' Victory in the Palestinian Elections," The Project For The Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM), Occasional Papers, 4(1) (2005), p. 1.
37. Ibid., p. 1.
38. Ibid., p. 2.
39. The struggle was analyzed by D. Hazan, "Al-Tajdeed Versus Al-Hesbah: Islamist websites & the Conflict Between Rival Arab & Muslim Political Forces," MEMRI's Special Dispatch 275, 17 May 2006, available at (http://www.memri.org/bin/ opener_latest.cgi?ID=IA27506).
40. Cited, ibid.
41. Available at (http://www.tajdeed.org.uk/forums/ showthread.php?s=8d287721d3a03939d998f8e364e47797&threadid=39897).
42. Available at (http://www.w-n-n.net/showthread.php?t=9640).
43. Hazan, op. cit., p. 1.
44. "An Audio Message from the Information Department of the Mujahideen Shura Council Calls for All Insurgency Groups in Iraq to Join their Ranks," SITE report (8 February 2006), available at (http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID= publications146306&Category=publications&Subcategory=0).
45. "Debating the Religious, Political and Moral Legitimacy of Suicide Bombings Part 1: The Debate over Religious Legitimacy," MEMRI's Special Report 53, 2 May 2001.
46. Published in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), 21 April 2001.
47. Published in Al-Hayat (London-Beirut), 25 April 2001.
48. Published in Al-Ahram Al-Arabi (Egypt), 3 February 2001.
49. Reuven Paz, "Global Jihad andWMD:Between Martyrdom and Mass Destruction," Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, 2 (2005), pp. 74-86.
50. Naser al-Fahd, "Risalah fi hukm istikhdam aslihat al-damar al-shamel didh al-kuffar, Rabi' Awwal" (May 2003). See online available at (http://www.al-fhd.com/rsayl/doc/rsayl.damar.doc). The ruling was also circulated in 23 May by The Global Islamic Media Center. See online available at (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abubanan2/message/ 221).
51. Paz, "Global Jihad and WMD: Between Martyrdom and Mass Destruction," p. 80.
52. Available at (http://alfirdaws.org/forums/ showthread.php?t=5268&page=1&pp=10).
53. Available at (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mojahedon/message/45).
54. Translated from "On Islamic websites:A Guide for Preparing Nuclear Weapons." MEMRI's Special Report, no. 1004, 12 October 2005.
55. Michele Zanini and Sean J. A. Edwards, "The Networking of Terrorism in the Information Age," in Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (eds.) (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2001), pp. 43-44.