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For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN

Rob Ashlar

Marxist analysis of Jihadism and Middle Eastern politics

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The Career of a Traitor

Manaf al-Rawi giving an interview after his arrest

Perhaps the most puzzling figures in Islamic State history is Manaf al-Rawi. He was part of the movement from its earliest days in Iraq, having joined the Rawah Camp early on and trained a...

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Brief Notes on Early Islamic State History

NOTE: This is a more informal post than usual, so I am releasing it on the weekend.

A friend recently shared with me the old blog of Abu Abdullah al-Sunni al-Kurdi, an Iraqi Kurdish jihadist who belonged to IS. Most posts on Abu Abdullah’...

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Jihad in West Africa, part 2

Abu Bakr Shekau, the notorious leader of Boko Haram

In the next five entries of the narrative, Adnan Absi finally meets Abu Bakr Shekau and learns of his (mis)leadership of Boko Haram from the time after Muhammad Yusuf’s rebellion to when...

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Jihad in West Africa, part 1

Muhammad Yusuf, founder of Boko Haram, after his arrest and moments before his execution

We meet Adnan Absi once again, this time as a member of the jihadist insurgency in Nigeria. He begins first by setting the stage for his eventual jour...

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Salafi Jihadism in Prewar Iraq

Abdul-Karim al-Sa’iqah, the founder of Iraqi Salafism

Ammar Essam is an Iraqi researcher of Islamic State. On his Telegram page, he recently published a brief history of the pre-2003 Salafi Jihadist movement in Iraq (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3...

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