by halverson | Jul 27, 2011 | Analysis, Framing, Government, Islam, Narrative, Politics, Religion
By Jeffry R. Halverson Unlike the protests of the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt, the campaigns underway against the Assad regime in Syria have a distinctly sectarian character. The Assad regime is dominated by the Alawites, a little-known esoteric Shi‘ite sect....
by halverson | Jul 13, 2011 | Analysis, Islam, Language, Narrative, Religion, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Jeffry R. Halverson If you’ve read our book Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism then you already have a solid understanding of the major master narratives employed by Islamist extremists in their communications. For example, you’re able to recognize the...
by halverson | Jul 1, 2011 | Egypt, Identification, Islam, Language, Narrative, Religion
by Jeffry R. Halverson The Karbala master narrative is one of the most rich and influential in the Islamic world, specifically among Shi‘a societies. We devoted an entire chapter to it in the book Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism, and Kamran Scott Aghaie has...
by halverson | Apr 21, 2011 | Analysis, Framing, Iran, Islam, Narrative, Politics, Religion
by Jeffry R. Halverson Recently, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been abuzz over the release of a video entitled “The Coming is Very Near,” a 28-minute production created by a group of Twelver Shi‘a devotees of the Hidden Imam al-Mahdi, known as the Harbingers of the...
by goodall | Apr 11, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Egypt, Intelligence, Islam, Israel, Language, Movements, Narrative, Obama, Politics, Religion, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall There is a new narrative responsible for the success of the uprisings that spread from Tunisia through Egypt and now are heard in the streets of Syria, Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere. It is a secular narrative generated by young Muslims who recognize that...
by lundry | Apr 7, 2011 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Islam, Language, Media, Narrative, Obama, Religion, Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry In our work identifying and tracking the use of Islamist narratives here at the CSC, the second most frequently invoked among Islamist extremists in our research (after Nakba or Palestine) has been the Crusader master narrative. The use of this term...