Salafi-Jihadism and Digital Media

Magnus Ranstorp is Strategic Adviser at the Centre for Societal Security at the Swedish Defence University and has been researching terrorism and counterterrorism for over thirty years. He is also one of the co-founders of the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) and serves as RAN Special Adviser. He is also Reader in Political Science at Åbo Akademi University. Linda Ahlerup is an Analyst at the Swedish Defence University, with a specialisation in issues related to terrorism and violent extremism. She further has work experience from the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN in New York. Filip Ahlin is an Analyst at the Swedish Defence University, where he has been focusing on issues in relation to violent extremism, terrorism, and counterterrorism.

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List of Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction

Magnus Ranstorp, Linda Ahlerup and Filip Ahlin

2. Swedish jihadists on social media

Linus Gustafsson

3. Swedish ‘media jihad’: The active role of Swedish terrorists and supporters in Islamic State media

Michael Krona

4. The attractions of Salafi-jihadism as a gendered counterculture: Propaganda narratives from the Swedish online "sisters in deen"

Henriette Frees Esholdt

5. Puritan Salafis in a liberal democratic context

Susanne Olsson, Simon Sorgenfrei and Jonas Svensson

6. Militants and media in Denmark: Addicted to Facebook?

Tore Hamming

7. IS’s global digital arenas: Strategy and platforms

Gunnar Weimann, Beatrice Berton and Antonios Samouris

8. The propaganda and narratives of the Islamic State: A gender perspective

Anita Perešin

9. Making sense of the Islamic State’s post-territorial (d)evolution: From "remaining and expanding" to "erosion and struggle

Charlie Winter

10. Conclusion

Magnus Ranstorp, Linda Ahlerup and Filip Ahlin

Index