foreign fighters

Foreign fighters remain alien within IS

Foreigner fighters seem excluded by indiginous groups within the Islamic State, despite the Caliphate's propaganda suggesting otherwise.

Wietse van den Berge + 1 other • 15-04-2015

Better than Hollywood? Analyzing the IS propaganda movies instead of projecting fear

Let's try to get some realism in the assessment of the Jihadist propaganda material.

Jelle van Buuren • 20-03-2015

Foreign Fighters on Social Media: An analysis of 11 Facebook accounts

What insights do eleven social Facebook-accounts of Dutch and Belgic foreign fighters offer with respect to the phenomenon of so-called returnees?

Edwin Bakker + 2 others • 19-01-2015

Google Hangout on Foreign Fighters

On October 14th, a Google Hangout on foreign fighters with international experts was broadcasted as part of the MOOC Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory & Practice of Leiden University.

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • 17-10-2014

"Jihadfamilies" in Huizen: Part II

This entry is the follow-up of the earlier published “Jihadfamilies” in Huizen: A local test case of national importance.

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • 19-09-2014

Studying Homegrown Jihadism and Dutch Foreign Fighters in Syria Using Primary Sources

Primary sources-based accounts of terrorist groups and incidents can function as a foundation on which to build research and from which to test hypotheses empirically.

Prof. dr. Bart Schuurman • 09-09-2014

“Jihad-families” in Huizen: a local test case of national importance

Media headlines turned Huizen, a Dutch town located between Amsterdam, Utrecht and Almere, into an alleged key centre of radical activities. This article describes how Huizen, “Caliphate of ‘t Gooi”, has become a local test case of national importance.

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • 05-09-2014

Dutch women on jihad in Syria: why do they go?

Increasingly media report on women who undertake the trip to Syria to join the jihad. What drives these women to give up their comfortable, safe lives to undertake the journey to a country torn by violence?

Daan Weggemans + 1 other • 07-07-2014

'Threat from Jihadism more serious than ever before'

Jihadism in the Netherlands has developed in a relatively short time span into a complex and dynamic movement that poses a more serious threat to democracy and national security than ever before.

Jelle van Buuren + 1 other • 30-06-2014

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