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Trailer for season 3 of JihadPod
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Behnam Said comes on the show to talk about nasheeds.
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Barak Mendelsohn comes on the show to discuss his new book, The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences.
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Aaron Stein comes on the show to talk about IS networks in Turkey.
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Andrew Lebovich comes on the show to discuss the various jihadi groups that have been active in Mali over the past few years.
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Bernard Rougier comes on the show to discuss Lebanese Sunni jihadism.
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Aymenn al-Tamimi comes on the show for an in-depth discussion of the Islamic State’s finances and economic situation.
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Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes come on the show to talk about their new report ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa.
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Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck comes on the show to talk about jihadism in Algeria.
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Charles Lister comes back on the show for an in-depth discussion on jihadism in Syria.
info_outlineKyle Orton comes on the show to discuss Islam in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Some of the topics covered include:
- Saddam’s Islamist foreign policy reorientation in the 1980’s
- The Faith Campaign after the Gulf War
- Salafism in Iraq in the 1990’s and its impact on security
- The rise of sectarianism in Iraq
This episode also features a #SocialMedia segment covering jihadi social media postings from September 1st-16th.
Recent articles by Kyle that are relevant to the discussion:
- Saddam and the Islamists, Part 2 | The Syrian Intifada
- A Response to Criticism: Why the Ex-Saddamists in the Islamic State Matter | The Syrian Intifada
- Izzat ad Douri and ISIS
- Saddam Loyalists Running ISIS Are True Believers, Not Secularists| National Review Online
Links:
- The Syrian Intifada | a-shab yurid iskat an-nizam – Kyle’s personal site
- Kyle W. Orton (@KyleWOrton) | Twitter
The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email [email protected], or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod.