Category: Counterterrorism
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Enemy Taxonomies and Moving Frontiers: Trendlines from al-Nabāʾ 515
Al-Nabāʾ 515 casts preparation as participation, elevates Africa as the operational showcase, and leverages al-Hawl to sustain disciplined mobilization.
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Reclassifying the Battlefield: Inside ISKP’s Delegitimization Playbook
ISKP’s Pashto pamphlet weaponizes doctrine to recode Taliban militancy as jāhiliyyah and claim a monopoly on legitimate jihad through bayʿah to a caliph. This analysis unpacks that authority-first logic, its recruitment function, and the border-collapsing frame that treats Afghanistan and Pakistan as one “apostate system.”
