{"id":9773,"date":"2026-08-03T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:07:04","slug":"jihadi-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2026\/08\/03\/jihadi-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jihadi Cool\u2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0p1yrh3\">BBC World Service, The Documentary Podcast, What is so-called &#8216;Jihadi cool&#8217;?, 2 Aug 2026 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The extremist content quietly spreading on TikTok and Instagram, targeting unsuspecting young people. Through what is disguised as innocuous lifestyle content, supporters of jihadist groups like IS and al-Qaeda reach audiences outside their echo chamber. This is a recruitment drive that signals a move from direct operational instructions to \u201cdo-it-yourself jihad&#8221;, with the aim of potentially inspiring lone wolf attacks. The Global Jigsaw explores the tactics used to obscure and evade detection, the challenges this poses for platforms, and how it has become a relentless game of whack-a-mole.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ms4puqcfhc2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibe2ae4qa4e7ccuwnrbypfesyjxmd3va4zu3oh4t5h377esdk7q3i\"><p lang=\"en\">Some familiar themes here on so-called \u2018Jihadi Cool\u2018www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/&#8230;<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ms4puqcfhc2o?ref_src=embed\">2026-08-02T19:30:47.321Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommended. BBC World Service, The Documentary Podcast, What is so-called &#8216;Jihadi cool&#8217;?, 2 Aug 2026 &#8220;The extremist content quietly spreading on TikTok and Instagram, targeting unsuspecting young people. Through what is disguised as innocuous lifestyle content, supporters of jihadist groups like IS and al-Qaeda reach audiences outside their echo chamber. This is a recruitment drive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[397,731],"tags":[183,408,78],"class_list":["post-9773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jihad","category-islamic-state-4","tag-islamic-state","tag-jihad","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9774,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773\/revisions\/9774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}