Duncan Gardham, Sky News, Shabazz Suleman: British IS recruit who claimed he spent time in Syria ‘on Playstation’ pleads guilty to terror offence, 14 April 2023 “A former grammar school pupil has pleaded guilty to travelling to Syria to join Islamic State, despite previously claiming he had spent his time there playing computer games.”
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Al-Qaeda ‘Digital Ecosystem’
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‘Slop Jihad‘
Tue 26 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 8-9-2026AD -
‘Islamic State’ wildfire radicalisation
Fri 15 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 28-8-2026AD -
Prevent
Wed 6 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 19-8-2026AD -
Online Recruitment
Wed 15 Safar 1448AH 29-7-2026AD -
Funding Issues
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1447AH 9-6-2026AD -
Iran Digital Recruitment
Tue 11 Dhul Qidah 1447AH 28-4-2026AD -
World Cup
Fri 24 Ramadan 1447AH 13-3-2026AD -
Online Radicalisation
Sat 18 Ramadan 1447AH 7-3-2026AD -
Plotters Jailed
Fri 25 Shaban 1447AH 13-2-2026AD -
Tech and ‘extremist content‘
Thu 24 Shaban 1447AH 12-2-2026AD -
IS in Nigeria Strike
Fri 6 Rajab 1447AH 26-12-2025AD -
IS Magazines
Mon 2 Rajab 1447AH 22-12-2025AD -
Gaming Radicalisation
Thu 29 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 20-11-2025AD -
RSF ‘Recruitment‘
Tue 27 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 18-11-2025AD -
Facebook Videos
Tue 27 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 18-11-2025AD -
Online Radicalisation Case (updated)
Tue 13 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 4-11-2025AD -
Net Influences on Synagogue Attacker
Tue 15 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 7-10-2025AD -
Gender and Violent Extremism
Tue 15 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 7-10-2025AD -
Shifting radicalisation patterns
Wed 9 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 1-10-2025AD -
AI Islam Issues
Sat 1 Safar 1447AH 26-7-2025AD -
Gamification and Hate
Mon 21 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 19-5-2025AD -
‘Death Video‘ site
Mon 17 Ramadan 1446AH 17-3-2025AD -
‘AI Deepfake Terrorism‘
Wed 5 Ramadan 1446AH 5-3-2025AD -
‘Islamic State‘ ‘Resurgence‘
Mon 3 Ramadan 1446AH 3-3-2025AD -
Online Violence Impact
Sun 2 Ramadan 1446AH 2-3-2025AD -
Islamic State – Analysis
Tue 19 Shaban 1446AH 18-2-2025AD -
Austria Attack
Mon 18 Shaban 1446AH 17-2-2025AD -
3-D Radicalisation
Thu 23 Rajab 1446AH 23-1-2025AD -
‘CaliphateTok’
Sat 28 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 30-11-2024AD -
Morocco Sermon Issues
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AI Radicalisation
Thu 14 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 20-6-2024AD -
‘ISIS‘ Camp
Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD -
Al-Baghdadi’s Widow
Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD -
ISIS Crypto
Wed 1 Shawwal 1445AH 10-4-2024AD -
‘IS‘ + AI
Thu 25 Ramadan 1445AH 4-4-2024AD -
Moscow Attack – updated
Mon 15 Ramadan 1445AH 25-3-2024AD -
Shamima Begum (updated)
Sat 14 Shaban 1445AH 24-2-2024AD -
‘Female Jihadis Facing Justice’
Mon 24 Rajab 1445AH 5-2-2024AD -
Iran ‘influence‘
Tue 11 Rajab 1445AH 23-1-2024AD -
UK Online Radicalisation Case
Tue 4 Rajab 1445AH 16-1-2024AD -
Kerman Attack: Update
Mon 26 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 8-1-2024AD -
Hyde Park Plot
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
Research on IS Supporters & Hamas Conflict
Thu 4 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 19-10-2023AD -
Indonesian Cyberspace and Radicalisation
Tue 2 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 17-10-2023AD -
Belgium attack
Tue 2 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 17-10-2023AD -
3rd Gen Online Radicalisation
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
IS prosecution UK
Thu 13 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 28-9-2023AD -
IS Update/Analysis
Tue 21 Muharram 1445AH 8-8-2023AD -
Bajaur bombing
Mon 13 Muharram 1445AH 31-7-2023AD -
‘Rickrolling’ ‘Islamic State’
Mon 16 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 5-6-2023AD -
Orkesh Centre
Tue 10 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 30-5-2023AD -
Taliban and ISIS-K Concerns
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‘Blasphemy’ social media case
Thu 21 Shawwal 1444AH 11-5-2023AD -
Prison Lit Watch
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Malika el-Aroud (Thread)
Sat 17 Ramadan 1444AH 8-4-2023AD -
‘Daesh’
Thu 1 Ramadan 1444AH 23-3-2023AD -
Shamima Begum Case
Wed 30 Shaban 1444AH 22-3-2023AD -
Iraq: 20 Years On
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Pro-ISIS Magazines
Tue 22 Shaban 1444AH 14-3-2023AD -
Radicalisation via Gaming
Tue 1 Shaban 1444AH 21-2-2023AD -
‘Islamic State’ ISWAP
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
IS
Thu 14 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 8-12-2022AD -
IS Tinder
Mon 20 Rabi Al Thani 1444AH 14-11-2022AD -
Algorithmic Detection
Tue 7 Rabi Al Thani 1444AH 1-11-2022AD -
West Africa
Mon 28 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 24-10-2022AD -
Algorithms’ Impact
Thu 20 Muharram 1444AH 18-8-2022AD -
IS Cell Sentences
Thu 20 Muharram 1444AH 18-8-2022AD -
Podcast: John Cantlie
Sat 15 Muharram 1444AH 13-8-2022AD -
DNS and Radicalisation
Wed 14 Dhul Hijjah 1443AH 13-7-2022AD -
East Africa
Wed 16 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 15-6-2022AD -
Bangladeshi Radicalisation
Wed 17 Shawwal 1443AH 18-5-2022AD -
Media Watch
Tue 16 Shawwal 1443AH 17-5-2022AD -
Khorasan ISKP
Tue 16 Shawwal 1443AH 17-5-2022AD -
Super Mario iconography
Fri 12 Shawwal 1443AH 13-5-2022AD