Boko Haram and al-Shabaab: Comparable threats to African security

View image | gettyimages.com Written by Conway Waddington (1) Tuesday, 03 February 2015 16:47 Boko Haram and al-Shabaab are militant Islamist sects that are predominantly operational in Nigeria and Somalia, and are both engaged in protracted insurgencies and terror campaigns. Their origins, strategic goals, methodologies and recent track records are comparable to varying degrees. These…

Dabiq: What Islamic State’s New Magazine Tells Us about Their Strategic Direction, Recruitment Patterns and Guerrilla Doctrine

Publication: Volume: 0 Issue: 0 August 1, 2014 03:38 PM Age: 17 days By: Michael W. S. Ryan Dabiq Magazine (Source: Twitter user @umOmar246) Executive Summary On the first day of Ramadan (June 28), the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared itself the new Islamic State and the new Caliphate (Khilafah). For the…

Islamic terror suspect caught in Valencia is jailed for eight years

‘AL-QAEDA’S librarian’ has been sentenced to eight years in jail after being caught in Valencia. Mudhar Hussein al-Malaki, originally from Jordan, was said to be one of the main text contributors to the yihad (‘Holy War’) propaganda network Ansar al-Mujahideen and dedicated to ‘practising yihad by spreading the word’. The texts he managed were aimed…