Reading jihad: mapping the shifting themes of Inspire magazine

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Inspire magazine has received attention within Western academia and media for its role in inspiring and instructing a series of homegrown terrorist attacks. Reporting on the magazine often characterises it as a Western-centric instrument of jihadi discourse. This...

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Authors: Droogan, Julian (Author) ; Peattie, Shane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 684-717
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Keywords:
Al Qaeda
Jihadism
Inspire magazine
terrorist propaganda
Violent Extremism

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