Tag: Updates
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Claims, Coercion, and the Performance of Governance in al-Nabāʾ 516
Doctrine organizes al-Nabāʾ 516: “faith through action” is used to stage authority by pairing generalized attacks on civilians and churches with choreographed daʿwa, normalizing coercive control across theaters.
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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.”
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Conversation with GMU Sociology Alumnus: Mohamed Elgohari
Talk: From Legalism to Algorithmic Control: Digital Authoritarianism, Legal Instruments, and the AI-Enhanced Surveillance State in the MENA RegionHost: Movement Engaged Hub, George Mason University I will outline how authoritarian legality in MENA has evolved into data-driven governance: laws and emergency statutes enable surveillance infrastructures; algorithmic decision systems translate political priorities into “neutral” procedures; and…
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