This thesis investigates Dabiq magazine’s messaging strategy to recruit foreign fighters from Western nations to fight in Islamic State (IS)-controlled areas. Dabiq magazine uses three main messages to appeal to Westerners: 1) loss aversion stresses that Muslims worldwide need to travel to IS-controlled areas to fight, or they risk losing Islam as a religion, culture, and identity; 2) selective incentives stress that potential recruits can gain tangible and intangible rewards in an effort to...
Topics: Abu Mus’ab az-Zarqāwī, al-Qaeda, Caliphate, Dabiq, Free Rider, Global Jihadi Movement, Islamic...
A collection of Shuhada (Martyr) stories in English. 5 books are included on stories of the martyrs of Islam in modern history. (1979-2015)
Topics: shuhada, martyrs, syria, iraq, sham, isis, islamic state, dabiq, inspire magazine, aqi, jabhat al...
