Virtually Islamic
“Just miles from New York City’s hallowed Ground Zero, an Internet server in New Jersey hosts a Jihadist leader’s website that instructs supporters of al-Qaida to use explosive devices against western civilians, along with blueprints showing how to build the bombs.”
“Copies of Inspire and other extremist texts, speeches and images have surfaced in the confiscated property of terror suspects in the United States and the United Kingdom. There are no firm figures on exactly how many people have been arrested and tried under the law since 2000. In most cases, Section 58 charges are bundled along with other terror or criminal offences, said lawyer Simon McKay, who has advised the U.K. government on terror cases.”
comments from @garybunt in CSM article
“The videos do not show ties to any specific group, but do hint at a deeper yearning in the alleged Boston Marathon bomber for a heroic jihadi persona.”
I have a new author page available at Amazon.com, Gary R. Bunt, which includes a link for the Kindle version of iMuslims, together with other publications.
A selection of coverage associated with the Boston Marathon bombings, that links specifically into internet-related issues:
Reuters, Boston suspect’s web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence,
New Republic, The Radical Preacher Who May Have Influenced the Boston Marathon Bombers
USA Today, Jihadi sites express doubt on al-Qaeda ties to Boston
David Remnik, New Yorker, The Culprits
<a href=”http://www.digitalislam.eu/article.do?articleId=8193”>Book: Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt | Digital Islam</a> Background on Faris, David. Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt. I.B.Tauris, 2012. ISBN: 9781780761503. One for the reading list
