Tag: Updates
-
Winning Hearts and Minds: Hamas Propaganda Campaign Post October 7
This report provides an in-depth examination of the sophisticated propaganda campaign orchestrated by Hamas and its military wing, the Al Qassam Brigades in the aftermath of the events of October 7
-
Who Gets to Define the Words
August’s militant propaganda reveals a widening contest over who possesses the authority to define hijra, jihād, political legitimacy, and the boundaries of Islamic rule.
-
One Government or an Apostate Militia?
In the last week of July, the Islamic State’s weekly newsletter al-Nabāʾ reported the killing of the Taliban’s head of information and culture in Badakhshan province, and explained the killing in doctrinal terms. The man’s work — running schools, publications, and cultural policy — amounted to a war on Islam itself, which made him a…
-
From “Authority Is the Message” to Africa as Center of Gravity
A month of primary-source jihadist propaganda shows ISIS quietly trading its governance claims for a new story centered on Africa — and folding a dated, specific call to violence into a broader campaign against Western culture.
-
The Governance Race Has a New Frontier
The central competition in jihadist propaganda was not over who struck hardest — it was over who has the right to rule.
-
Authority is the Message, What April’s Militant Propaganda Reveals
A cross-group reading of April 2026 militant propaganda shows ISIS, ISKP, al-Shabāb, and the Taliban competing less over spectacular violence than over authority: who can govern, punish, provide, and define legitimate Muslim political action.
-
What Jihadist Groups Said When Iran’s War Came Home
What militant propaganda in March 2026 reveals about ISIS, AQAP, AQIS, Iran, Gaza, and the wider jihadist media ecosystem.
-
The World as Epstein’s Island, Jihadist Propaganda in February
This month’s militant media didn’t recycle old grievances. It read the same news cycle you did, and turned it into a recruitment pitch.
-
The Assassination ISIS Didn’t Need to Commit
ISIS played no role in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader. However, the group is systematically converting it into a recruitment script, a mobilization call, and a strategic windfall.
-
Hamas First Without a Mandate: Mapping the Shift in Palestinian Opinion
Using two years of PSR polling, this piece charts the shift from rally to re-pluralization—Hamas first without a mandate—and shows how a felt cease-fire and Palestinian-led reconstruction can widen support for negotiated politics.
