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Margaret Schaus, Reference Librarian and Bibliographer (HC)

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1. Web Portals
2. Texts, Speeches, and Other Primary Sources
3. Research Sites
4. Blogs
5. News
6. Indexes for Journal Articles

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Jihadi Movement Resources

1. Web Portals:

Jihad, War, Terrorism, and Peace in Islam (Alan Godlas, University of Georgia)

Metasite page intended for student use.

2. Texts, Speeches, and Other Primary Sources:

Abu Abdel Aziz 'Barbaros' (Bosnia), Commander. Understanding Jihad: Interview

Abu Bakr Naji. The Management of Savagery

The book was uploaded to the Internet in 2004 by the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. This translation in PDF was commissioned by the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University.

The Afghan-Arabs Part One (from the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat (June 2005)

The Afghan-Arabs Part Two (from the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat (July 2005)

The Afghan-Arabs Part Three (from the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat (July 2005)

The Afghan-Arabs Part Four (from the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat (July 2005)

The Afghan-Arabs Part Five (from the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat (July 2005)

The Afghan-Arabs Part Six (from the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat (July 2005)

Al Qarni, Mussa. Part 3 of the Interview in Dar Al-Hayat

Al Qaeda from Within Part 1

Al Qaeda from Within Part 2

Al Qaeda from Within Part 3

Azzam, Abdullah, Sheikh. Join the Caravan

Azzam, Abdullah, Sheikh. Defense of Muslim Lands

The East Riyadh Operation and Our War with the United States and Its Agents

Hizb ut-Tahrir [Sunni political party]. Concepts of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Hizb ut-Tahrir [Sunni political party]. The Economic system of Islam

Hizb ut-Tahrir [Sunni political party]. The Islamic State

Hizb ut-Tahrir [Sunni political party]. The Social system in Islam

Hizb ut-Tahrir [Sunni political party]. Structuring of a Party

Hizb ut-Tahrir [Sunni political party]. The System of Islam

Al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah. Authority: Ahari'ah View and Realistic Vision.

Al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah. Authority: Ahari'ah View and Realistic Vision. Part 2.

Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi's book, Democracy is a Religion

Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi's book, Millat Ibraheem

Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi's Minbar of Tawhed and Jihad

This is an English translation of materials from Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi’s Online Library of Jihadi texts. It includes books and articles written by Al-Maqdisi as well as by others. Not all titles from his Arabic language site have yet been translated.

Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi's book, This is Our Aqeedah

The Operation Of 11 Rabi Al-Awwal: The East Riyadh Operation

Translated into English by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.

Al Qarni, Mussa. Part 1 of an interview with Al Qarni, a Trained Jurist and Advisor to Bin Laden

"The legal ideologue of Al Qaeda leader, Mussa al Qarni, recalls the stages of

the rise and fall of the Islamic State dream in Afghanistan." Part 1 of an interview in the newspaper Dar Al-Hayat.

Al Qarni, Mussa. Part 2 of the interview in Dar Al-Hayat

Rand Voices of Jihad Database

From the RAND Foundation site: "The Voices of Jihad Database compiles speeches, interviews, statements, and publications of jihadist leaders, foot soldiers, and sympathizers. This effort extends RAND's 30-year involvement in the study of terrorism."

Al Sahab Media Releases Bin Ladin Statement, October 23, 2007.

Compilation of Usama Bin Ladin Statements

Material includes interviews, messages, and published writings. The texts date from 1998 through 2004

September 11th "Raid" Commemorated in Book

This book consists of four essays by Sayf al-Din al-Ansari, Abu Ubayd al-Qirshi, Abu Ayman al-Hilali, and Abu Sa'd al-Amili. It was translated into English by the Foreign Broadcasting Service.

Statement from Qaidat al-jihad: regarding mandates of the heroes and legality of operations in New York and Washington

Dated April 24, 2002.

Strategy and Bombing of Al'Qa'ida.

al-Zarqawi, Abu-Mus'ab, "Important Commandments to the Mujahidin and in Reply to the Defeatists, from the Amir of Jama'at al-Tawhid Wal Jihad, Shaykh Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi," July 5, 2004.

Zarqawi, Letter from. To Atiyah.

Zarqawi, Letter to. From al-Zawahiri, 9 July 2005

Al Zarqawi, The Second Generation of al Qa'ida. Part 1.

Al Zarqawi, The Second Generation of al Qa'ida. Part 2.

Al Zarqawi, The Second Generation of al Qa'ida." Part 3.

Zawahiri's Book, The Exoneration

Full text translation of Zawahiri's book written in 2008.

3. Research Sites:

Athena Intelligence: Advanced Research Network on Insurgency and Terrorism

This website presents research from an international group of academics, military personnel and security specialists.

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson Institute

The Hudson Institute, a think tank which focuses on foreign policy and national security, sponsors this Center.

Among the Center's research and analysis, note in particular the series:
    Current Trends in Islamist Ideology 5
    Current Trends in Islamist Ideology 4
    Current Trends in Islamist Ideology 3
    Current Trends in Islamist Ideology 2
    Current Trends in Islamist Ideology 1

Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Jamestown Foundation

"The Jamestown Foundation’s mission is to inform and educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States and which frequently restrict access to such information."(About Us). The site has a special focus on terrorism and on the Middle East.
Note in particular the periodical Terrorism Monitor which is available for you to search and to have issues sent to your e-mail account. You can also sign up for issues of Terrorism in Focus.

MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute

The site includes reports, news, videos, blogs, and materials arranged by topic, language, and country.

NEFA Foundation (Nine / Eleven Finding Answers)

The site features documents, reports, news, videos and interviews about terrorism not just in the United States but worldwide.

PRISM: Project for the Research of Islamist Movements (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya)

See especially sections on Islamist ideology, Mujahideen, Jihadi manuals, and Islamist rulings on Jihad and terrorism.

Quilliam Foundation

The Quilliam Foundation is a British counter-extremism think tank comprised of former Hizb ut-Tahrir members.

4. Blogs:

Abu Aardvark: A Blog by Mark Lynch

This blog is about Middle East politics, especially Iraq and the Arab media. Lynch is a professor of political science at George Washington University in the District of Columbia.

Couterterrorism Blog

Commentary from a group of experts.

Jihadica

Jihadica.com covers current developments in Jihadism. Contributors are intelligence experts and research fellows in political science and defense studies.
From the site: "Jihadica is a clearinghouse for materials related to militant, transnational Sunni Islamism, commonly known as Jihadism. At the moment, much of this material is diffuse, known only to a few specialists, and inaccessible to the public and policymakers unless they pay a fee. Jihadica provides this material for free and keeps a daily record of its dissemination that can be easily searched and studied"

5. News:

MideastWire.com

Provides concise, translated,daily briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing via the print, radio and television media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. Covers 2005-

World news connection

Contains hundreds of international news items that are added daily. Material is obtained from non-U.S. open-source political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books. Each news item is translated into English. Content focuses primarily on military, political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events.

6. Indexes for Journal Articles:

Index Islamicus

Provider: CSA

Offers citations to literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere. Includes citations to journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and book reviews from 1906 to present.

Worldwide political science abstracts

Provider: CSA

Provides citations and abstracts of journals in political science and related fields including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Covers 1975-present.