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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"the Islamic State"”.
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An Organizational Analysis of Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
… individuals have caused violence and tarnished the reputation of many communities and beliefs. Following 9/11, Islamic Terrorism put fear into many individuals. New fronts of the War on Terror began to open as militaries began to engage terrorist groups who sought to take action through radical …
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THE STRATEGIC USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE ISLAMIC STATE: EXPLORING THE CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY OF EXTREMISM
In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) captured the world’s attention with the declaration of the Caliphate. IS showed significant success in exploiting the social media landscape to deliver costly signals that advanced its outbidding, intimidation, and polarization strategies. This thesis explored the …
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The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization
Throughout the Syrian conflict, a new extremist organization became increasingly visible to the public due its use of extreme violence and continuous threats to the entire world living outside of it. The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attracted the highest number of …
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The legality of the use of force against terrorists: an examination of the United air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria
The traditional substantive framework of the use of force in international law has been challenged by recent developments involving non-state actors. This dissertation considers the legality of the use of force against non-state actors, specifically terrorists, where the terrorist acts are not …
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Radicalisation of European Citizens and ISIS Terrorism
The growing numbers of terror attacks in Europe in recent times has made the concept of radicalization a sensitive phenomenon, most especially, Islamic radicalization. The activities of Islamic extremists and terrorists have been identified with a good number of European citizens, who have joined …
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An Analysis of Women and Terrorism: Perpetrators, Victims, Both?
… in terrorism under groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. It will research the use of violence within terrorist organizations, perpetrated by female participants. What leads women to join groups like the Islamic State? There will be an analysis of the factors that attract women to …
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Accountability for ISIS atrocities : is the International Criminal Court a viable prosecutorial option?
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is a jihadist militant group. The members of this militant group have committed criminal acts of unspeakable cruelty. These staggering criminal conducts are documented by the United Nations, international human rights organisations, and media. Besides, the …
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The Digital Caliphate: critically examining the Islamic State’s use of cyberspace to advance it’s overarching goals
… based study will seek to critically examine the nuanced relationship between the Islamic State and the internet, particularly as a tool which has been exploited to further the groups wider goals. This study will endeavour to examine this complex relationship by analysing three key components …
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The Role of Women in Terrorism
<p>The main purpose of this paper is to understand what motivate women to join terrorist groups and why these organizations prefer to work with female terrorists. Although each woman has different reasons to involve in terrorist groups, this research demonstrates 'religious, political and personal' …
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Organization and community : the determinants of insurgent military effectiveness
The United States and other members of the international community have expended billions of dollars and thousands of lives confronting insurgent organizations across the globe. Strikingly, however, there has been little analysis of how some groups have developed the military capacity to challenge …
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The themes and peculiarities of the Islamic State’s propaganda
The propaganda of the Islamic State utilizes a number of complex themes in order to radicalize and recruit adherents to the organization which has been demonstrably unique compared to other ostensibly similar extremist groups. In a content analysis, the primary sources of the Islamic State’s …
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Christian Minorities and the Struggle for Nineveh: The Assyrian Democratic Movement in Iraq and the Nineveh Plains Protection Units
Northern Iraq's Christians are a second-order minority. That is, they are a minority within a minority. They occupy a tenuous position between the Arab-dominated central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government. All Christians in northern Iraq desire to remain in their historic homelands. …
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Between the Left and the Right: Jihadi Brides' British Media Frames Post ISIS Fall
This thesis analyzes the media frames/representations of Western women who migrated to ISIS, known as "Jihadi Brides," after the fall of ISIS in December 2017. ISIS is a terrorist group that used attractive strategies and techniques in recruiting Western women to join ISIS as Jihadi Brides, …
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Islam and International Relations
This thesis deals mainly with the role of Islam in international relations, which is based on the Qur'an (the revealed book) and the Sunnah (prophetic tradition). The study has used the analytical approach and the interdisciplinary approach to examine and investigate Islamic international relations …
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QUANTITATIVE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF OPEN-SOURCE DATA TO PROVIDE MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS OF OPERATIONS IN THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
Evaluating the effectiveness of U.S. military information operations (IO) remains a complex task for IO professionals. Nevertheless, assessment is an indispensable component of any military operation. This thesis, therefore, seeks to examine the feasibility and practicality of employing data-driven …
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Terrorism and contagion theory: examining the influence of ISIS on Boko Haram (2012-2016)
… is not novel and has become ubiquitous in the present global era. It has also become communicable and contagious in recent years. To assess the contagiousness of this phenomenon, two very active terrorist groups operating in different geographical locations, Boko Haram in Nigeria and the …
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The political thought of Muhammad Asad
This study is an analysis of the political thought of a prominent Pakistani scholar, namely, Muhammad Asad (1900-1992). The emphasis of the study is placed on how Asad's proposal of a contemporary model of the Shari'ah state in the context of Pakistan deals with constitutional questions pertaining …
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Islamists and democracy in Sudan: the role of Hasan Turabi, 1989-2001
This research assesses the experiment of the Islamic movement in Sudan following the 1989 coup. The main question that needs to be answered with regard to Turabi and the Islamists in Sudan is the gap between theory and practice. Sudan is a complex country, with a diverse population encompassing …
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Hubungan religiusitas terhadap pengambilan keputusan dalam memilih pasangan hidup mahasiswi Psikologi UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
… psikologis sebesar r = 0,464. ENGLISH: One of the developmental tasks in early adulthood is choosing a life partner, adulthood has the potential to build a relationship with the opposite sex or marriage. It is usually much more experienced by women. They will start anxious when the third-year …
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