scholarly journals The Islamic State of Horror--Who is Responsible for Atrocities Committed in the Territory of the Self-Declared Islamic State (Daesh)?

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-466
Author(s):  
Tal Mimran
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Islamic State

         

Shia-centric State-Building and Sunni Rejection in Post-2003 Iraq

2018 ◽  
pp. 115-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanar Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
State Building ◽  
The Self ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Mass Mobilization ◽  
Cumulative Processes ◽  
Basic Services

Both Shia-centric state building and Sunni rejection of the post-2003 order are the result of cumulative processes that have unfolded over the course of the twentieth century. These developments ranged from the homogenizing nation building propagated by successive Iraqi regimes to the rise of a sect-centric Shia opposition in exile. The sectarianization of Iraq was not inevitable, but regime change in 2003 accelerated the empowerment of new and preexisting sect-centric actors. The necessary will, vision, and political skill to avert the sectarianization of Iraq were absent among Iraqi and U.S. decisionmakers at the time. The failure of the occupation forces and the new political classes to construct a functioning state that could deliver basic services exacerbated the problem. Sunni opponents of the post-2003 order became as sect-centric as the system they once derided for its Shia-centricity. Sectarianization will continue to define Iraqi politics. The spread of the self-proclaimed Islamic State across much of Iraq in 2014 represents the most extreme form of Sunni rejection,while the state-sanctioned Hashd al-Shaabi, the term given to the mass mobilization of volunteers to repel the Islamic State, embodies the most serious defense of Shia-centric state building as of late 2015.

scholarly journals The Road to Genocide: The Propaganda Machine of the Self-declared Islamic State (is)

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Elewa Badar
Keyword(s):  
Third Reich ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mass Action ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
International Courts ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third Reich

In the same manner as the Third Reich, Islamic State (is) uses law, terror and propaganda as ‘techniques of governance’ that serve to advance their political aims: securing themselves in power, preparing and waging war, and fostering the idea of an Islamic state. is have successfully used print and radio media systematically for the dissemination of lethal ideas and for the mobilization of the population on a grand scale in order to materialise these ideas. When such propaganda is laced with the dolus specialis of the crime of genocide, the severity of the mass action it brings about can be disastrous. This article analyses the hate propaganda used in the online publications of is. Evidence will then bring to light the fact that their hate propaganda amounts to direct and public incitement of others to commit genocide and the propagandists could, thus, be prosecuted for this crime at national or international courts.

scholarly journals Landscapes of Absence

Media-N ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
The Self ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Media

The project and exhibition Landscapes of Absence by Brandon Bauer explores ethical issues around the use of ISIS propaganda images within the media. In particular, the project examines the use of propaganda images in the absence of reliable and journalistically objective images, since the brutal beheadings of western journalists has made it too dangerous to report from areas under control of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The project uses images drawn from eight beheading incidents disseminated through ISIS media outlets.  In the works in the exhibition, the dehumanized image of the victims has been erased, leaving only the landscape and the absence of image as a metaphor for the larger issue of the absence of reliable reporting.

The political and security repercussions of Islamic State in the MENA region

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marién Durán ◽  
Víctor Bados
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Political ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Security Framework ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
International Response ◽  
Domain Type ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines the political, territorial and security repercussions of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) for the MENA region, and particularly in Syria, Iraq and Libya. The proclamation of the IS, on 29 June 2014, has had a major impact on political and security alike. It has been given a new twist to the war in Iraq and Syria and the Libyan conflict on the following aspects: (i) amplifying and making the conflict more complex with related implications on security; (ii) establishing a new mode of governance in the conquered territories; and (iii) further producing a new security framework in MENA region. After a brief contextualization about the origins and goals of IS, the chapter analyses the following sections: (i) the impact of IS in the security domain (type of conflict with its own signs of identity); (ii) the government exerted in the occupied territories; and (iii) the implications and impacts on the security realm throughout MENA region by focusing on two main domains: the international response to the threat provided by the international community, and the new configuration of regional and global alliances. The main contribution of this chapter dues to the scarcity of studies in this regard is the analysis of the IS’ conflict typology.

The ISIS Reader

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroro J. Ingram ◽  
Craig Whiteside ◽  
Charlie Winter
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Self ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Asymmetric Warfare ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
Source Materials

In the wake of its "Caliphate" declaration in 2014, the self-described Islamic State has been the focus of countless academic papers, government studies, media commentaries and documentaries. Despite all this attention, persistent myths continue to shape--and misdirect--public understanding and strategic policy decisions. A significant factor in this trend has been a strong disinclination to engage critically with Islamic State's speeches and writings--as if doing so reflects empathy with the movement's goals or, even more absurdly, may itself lead to radicalization. Going beyond the descriptive and the sensationalist, this volume presents and analyses a series of milestone Islamic State primary source materials. Scholar-practitioners with field experience in confronting the movement explore and contextualize its approach to warfare, propaganda and governance, examining the factors behind its dramatic evolution from failed proto-state in 2010 to standard-bearer of global jihadism in 2014, to besieged insurgency in 2018. The ISIS Reader will help anyone--students and journalists, military personnel, civil servants and inquisitive observers--to better understand not only the evolution of Islamic State and the dynamics of asymmetric warfare, but the importance of primary sources in doing so.

Islamic State’s quest for legitimacy: An analysis of IS media frames in Dabiq magazine

2019 ◽  
pp. 175063521986042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasun Ubayasiri
Keyword(s):  
Lower Order ◽  
English Language ◽  
State Power ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
State Violence ◽  
The Self ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
The Media ◽  
Islamic Belief

This article focuses on the media frames of legitimization presented by the Islamist militant group the Islamic State (IS) in their English-language magazine Dabiq to justify their occupation and expansion in Iraq and Syria between June 2014 and July 2017. It argues that, similar to any other militant group, IS faced challenges in establishing, sustaining and projecting legitimacy of both the organization and its militant actions. Focusing on IS narrative frames of legitimacy in Dabiq, this article looks at how the group constructed frame hierarchies that built upon widely accepted higher-order meta-frames of Islamic belief and Westphalian devolution of state power, to lever support for lower-order frames that are of strategic advantage to IS. The author agues such narratives of legitimacy were vital in IS’s attempt to undermine the authority of the sovereign states they occupied, and were necessary to challenge the monopoly of state violence in order to legitimize its own use of strategic violence both inside the self-proclaimed caliphate and in its expansion.

scholarly journals Making Sense of Radicalization

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Farid Senzai
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Terrorist Group ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
International Media ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Terrorist Organization

The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) burning to deathof Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasba and beheading of twenty-one Egyptiansin Libya are just the latest incidents in a series of escalating acts of violencethat epitomize the seemingly senseless carnage that so often results from thepolitical radicalization of individual Muslims. As the international media zeroesin on such instances, one often struggles to make sense of the perpetrators’true motives. But understanding the circumstances that lead up to such viciousnessis key if governments are to minimize such acts in the future.What motivates an individual to join a terrorist organization? Is it ideology,politics, poverty, or something else? What might be done to de-radicalize anindividual who has joined a terrorist group? The reality is that there is no singlepathway toward radicalization. In a May 2010 report entitled “Why Youth Joinal-Qaeda,”1 U.S. Army Colonel Matt Venhaus suggested that those seeking tojoin jihadist networks can be divided into revenge seekers needing an outletfor their frustration, status seekers needing recognition, identity seekers in needof a group to join, and thrill seekers looking for adventure.2 Clearly the motivesfor terrorism are differentiated and complex, as opposed to uniform and simple.Thus identifying an overarching pattern to understanding how individualsmight become susceptible to terrorist recruiters and what intervention strategiescan be employed to stop it becomes a very difficult task ...

scholarly journals Analysis Of User Satisfaction On Self-Loan Services in Islamic State Institute (IAIN)Purwokerto Library

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indah Wijaya Antasari ◽  
Sulkhan Chakim
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Error ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Self ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Satisfactory Level ◽  
Library Collections

This study aims to determine the level of user satisfaction on the self-loan services in the Library of IAIN Purwokerto. The methodology applies  a descriptive quantitative approach on the population of active visitors. The monthly mean visitors in 2018 is 9,810 people. The sampling technique uses Slovin formula with 10% sampling error of 100 respondents. Data is collected through methods of observation, questionnaire and documentation. Results indicate users satisfaction on each variables are scored at 3.03 on facilities, 3.12 on officers services, and 3.14 on the access, all out of 4 digit scores. The overall mean score 3.10 indicates a good user satisfactory level. The feedback from respondents includes needs on additional computers, library collections (books) placed on shelf a match  numerical classification, and an increase in the number of circulatory books.

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