by lundry | Feb 13, 2012 | Analysis, Indonesia, Media, Narrative, Popular Culture, Southeast Asia, Terrorism 2.0
by Chris Lundry Indonesian Islamist extremist supporters ar Rahmah posted a story today (2-13) on their website and Facebook page about the hacker group Anonymous’ plans for a cyber-attack on Israel. The story (here) links to the Anonymous YouTube video announcing...
by halverson | Jan 9, 2012 | Analysis, Egypt, Government, Identification, Islam, Language, Muslim Brotherhood, Politics, Religion, Sharia
by Jeffry R. Halverson* “If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honor has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity.” ...
by halverson | Oct 31, 2011 | Analysis, Government, Identification, Islam, Movements, Politics, Religion, Sharia
by Jeffry R. Halverson Put him in power and see how wise he is. – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms I have spent an inordinate amount of time studying Islamist ideologues and their ideas during my relatively short lifetime. I’ve never read War and...
by halverson | Oct 12, 2011 | Analysis, Complexity, Identification, Islam, Movements, Religion
by Jeffry R. Halverson I recently traveled to Tunisia where I visited the ancient holy city of Kairouan. Elections for the constituent assembly to produce a new Tunisian constitution are less than two weeks away and there is a lot of discussion taking place about the...
by lundry | Oct 3, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Framing, Indonesia, Islam, Media, Narrative, Southeast Asia, Suicide Bombing
by Chris Lundry On Sunday, September 25, a lone suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a Protestant Church in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, as services were letting out. Along with the bomber, one congregant was killed and several wounded from the shrapnel composed of...