In recent days, Al-Azhar, considered the most important educational institute and religious authority in the Sunni Islamic world, has been forced to deal with the question of whether members of the Islamic State (ISIS) are heretics. On December 3, 2014, at Al-Azhar's International Counterterrorism Conference in Cairo, Nigeria Mufti Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh Al-Husseini said in a speech that, by their actions, extremist organizations such as Boko Haram and their ilk bring a judgment of heresy upon ...
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
We are pleased to announce the release of the following landmark report, From Al-Qaeda To The Islamic State (ISIS), Jihadi Groups Engage in Cyber Jihad: Beginning With 1980s Promotion Of Use Of 'Electronic Technologies' Up To Today's Embrace Of Social Media To Attract A New Jihadi Generation , with an introduction by Ambassador R. James Woolsey, former CIA director and MEMRI Board of Advisors member. Ambassador Woolsey writes, "One can hardly imagine the development of the global jihad movement ...
On December 1, 2014, Ibrahim Al-Amin, head of the board of directors for the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar , which is close to Hizbullah, wrote in an article that the group's military involvement in Syria and Iraq, the role its members fulfill "in Palestine, Yemen, and possibly elsewhere in the world," and the nuclear talks between Iran and the West have tipped the balance of power in Lebanon and the region towards it. He went on to urge Hizbullah's political rival in Lebanon, the Al-Mustaqbal ...
As part of the efforts to end the deadly war that has been raging in Syria for over three years, UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has presented a plan aimed at preparing the ground for a political solution to the Syria crisis. The plan calls for "freezing" the fighting and restoring calm in specific areas. Aleppo has been chosen as the first area in which the plan will be tried, due to the dire humanitarian situation there and the advance of Islamic State (ISIS) forces towards it. ...
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
Table Of Contents From Al-Qaeda To The Islamic State, Jihadi Groups Engage In Cyber Jihad - An Introduction By Ambassador R. James Woolsey, Former CIA Director And MEMRI Board Of Advisors Member Early Jihadi Online Activity: Google Blogs, Yahoo-Hosted Websites Shumoukh Al-Islam, Al-Fida' and AMEF - Al-Qaeda's Online Open University The First Cyber Jihad Groups Emerge On Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Websites And Forums: Cyber Jihad Training, Claims Of Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Airports, Government ...
On November 6, 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that in a fourth letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, U.S. President Obama had urged him to reach an agreement on the nuclear issue by November 24, 2014, while stressing the two countries' joint interest in fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. 1 The Khamenei camp's indirect response to this letter came on November 4, 2014, in ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, ...
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
