🚨 Join us at GNET's Fourth Annual Conference in London on 29-30 May 2024.

Over 5 panels, speakers from across the globe will delve into emerging trends in extremism, technology & more. Can't attend in person? Virtual registration is available too!

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🇮🇶 When Islamic State captured Mosul in 2014, it destroyed public art as part of its attack on the city’s heritage and identity.

In this piece for XCEPT Research, Ali Al-Baroodi علي البارودي explores how the return of statues to Mosul is helping the city to recover👇

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'What distinguishes the global jihadist movement from other reactionary and militant movements is its resilience and lack of sentimentality,' says Co-Director Shiraz Maher in his latest piece for The New Statesman newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

These individuals and organisations are part of what Co-Director Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens describes as 'a new generation of UK-based anti-blasphemy activists' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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„The deadly return of #IslamicState :
The attack at #Moscow ’s Crocus City concert hall shows that we ignore the jihadi group at our peril“: ICSR‘s Shiraz Maher.
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'What distinguishes the global jihadist movement from other reactionary and militant movements is its resilience and lack of sentimentality,' says Co-Director Shiraz Maher in his latest piece for The New Statesman newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

“The deadly return of Islamic State.” My latest for ⁦The New Statesman⁩ on the Moscow attack, the broader context of all this, and the often ignored historical trajectory of jihadist movements. newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

.Peter R. Neumann pointed out that Vladimir Putin dismissed the warnings as propaganda. 'He basically said this warning was some kind of psychological warfare operation designed by the US to throw him off, and he didn't take it seriously at all' dw.com/en/moscow-atta…

Incidents were on the rise, Senior Fellow Peter R. Neumann said. Since the start of the Gaza War, there had been eight attempted jihadist terrorist attacks in Europe, against just six such attempts over the whole of 2022, he said, citing figures from Europol yahoo.com/news/german-te…

'By (falsely) blaming Ukraine for Moscow attacks, Putin is trying to turn a potential vulnerability into something that mobilises people for his war' -- via Connect the World 👇

🇮🇶 When Islamic State captured Mosul in 2014, it destroyed public art as part of its attack on the city’s heritage and identity.

In this piece for XCEPT Research, Ali Al-Baroodi علي البارودي explores how the return of statues to Mosul is helping the city to recover👇

icsr.info/2024/03/25/the…

Senior Fellow Peter R. Neumann said the claim of responsibility, the modus operandi, the alleged involvement of Muslim gunmen from former Soviet Central Asia and the fact that the US had warned of an impending attack in Russia all pointed towards IS reuters.com/world/europe/s…

As is customary, Islamic State has issued two further claims of responsibility for yesterday’s terrorist attack. They don’t particularly add anything to our understanding of events, but reiterate that they were targeting Christians and that the attack was a blow to Russia.

Make sure to sign up for the 4th annual GNET conference at King's College. A very exciting line-up to showcase some of our research and analysis

It's that time of year again! Register now for this year's hybrid GNET conference, featuring presentations and discussions with international experts on terrorism, violent extremism and technology.

Registration and attendance is free.

🚨 Register now for our Fourth Annual GNET Conference on 29-30 May 2024! 🚨

Five panels on global extremism trends, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, elections and gaming will be held over two days, virtually and in person.

Find out more: gnet-research.org/events/the-fou…

It is a pleasure to share my Al Majalla article on Lebanese drama series and the portrayal of state failure, crime, and social justice in popular culture 👇

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Inna Rudolf takes us behind the scenes of her research in Iraq for XCEPT Research, sharing insights into some of the hurdles standing in the way of post-conflict recovery 👇

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New UK Gov data shows highest ever number of children arrested for terrorism offences.

Gina Vale and I dug into these cases for our recent report with ICSR. Quick thread with a few thoughts and learnings⬇️

🚨 We are delighted to announce that our READ project will be supported by Public Safety Canada for the next three years. READ seeks to provide a secure and controlled means for researchers and experts to access far-right/IMVE documents and primary sources.

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