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UNESCO’s project to ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’: Iraqi and Syrian opinion on heritage reconstruction after the Islamic State

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2019
Following the devastation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul by the Islamic State (IS), UNESCO launched a project to ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’. This article critically reflects on this UNESCO-led project, drawing on 47 interviews with Syrians and ...
B. Isakhan, L. Meskell
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Apocalypse, later: a longitudinal study of the Islamic State brand

Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2018
This article compares two universes of official Islamic State media that were compiled 18 months apart. It explores the nuances of the group’s worldview and illustrates the extent to which external and internal situational exigencies impacted the Islamic
Charlie Winter
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Not Just Brainwashed: Understanding the Radicalization of Indonesian Female Supporters of the Islamic State

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2018
Why do women become extremists? To what extent might they have self-agency? This paper examines the motivations and processes of female radicalization into the so-called Islamic State (IS) by drawing on a case study of Indonesian IS sympathizers ...
Nava Nuraniyah
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

The Islamic State's Pattern of Sexual Violence: Ideology and Institutions, Policies and Practices

, 2021
The Islamic State, which controlled significant territory in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017, engaged in a wide repertoire of violence against civilians living in these areas.
M. Revkin, E. Wood
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Competitive Governance and Displacement Decisions Under Rebel Rule: Evidence from the Islamic State in Iraq

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2020
When rebel groups with state-building ambitions capture territory, who stays and why? Through semi-structured interviews and an original household survey in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was controlled by the Islamic State for more than three years, I ...
M. Revkin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Islamic State’s Pattern of Sexual Violence: Ideology and Institutions, Policies and Practices

Social Science Research Network, 2020
The Islamic State, which controlled significant territory in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017, engaged in a wide repertoire of violence against civilians living in these areas.
M. Revkin, E. Wood
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perspectives on the rebel social contract: Exit, voice, and loyalty in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

, 2020
This article considers the concept of the rebel social contract by examining the case of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. The concept of the social contract is a cornerstone of political theory and is increasingly invoked in discussions of civil
M. Revkin, Ariel I. Ahram
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Islamic State

2018
This book analyses the Islamic State (IS) within a comparative framework of past Sunni jihadist movements. It argues jihadist failure to overthrow Muslim apostate states has led to a progressive radicalization of violent Islamist terror networks. This outcome has contributed over time to more brutal jihadist doctrines and tactics contributing to a ...
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Intra-Jihadist Conflict and Cooperation: Islamic State–Khorasan Province and the Taliban in Afghanistan

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2020
The proliferation of jihadist groups raises intriguing questions about their internal relationship. Drawing on Resource Mobilization Theory we explore this question by examining the relationship between the Taliban and the local incarnations of the ...
Niamatullah Ibrahimi, S. Akbarzadeh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Layers of religious and political iconoclasm under the Islamic State: symbolic sectarianism and pre-monotheistic iconoclasm

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2018
B. Isakhan, José Antonio González Zarandona   +1 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources