Behnam Said comes on the show to talk about nasheeds. Some of the topics covered include:

• The role of music in Islam and how it relates to nasheeds
• A modern history of the use of nasheeds
• Differences between Sufi, mainstream Islamist, and jihadi nasheeds
• Different themes used in these nasheeds
• Why there has been such an explosion in new nasheeds and media outlets from IS and AQAP recently.

Links:

• Behnam Said – Extremis Project
• Amazon.com author page for Behnam Said
• Hymns (Nasheeds): A Contribution to the Study of the Jihadist Culture – Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
• Behnam Said (@BenSai) | Twitter

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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. Some of the topics covered include:

• How organizations expand
• Why AQ decided to branch out and the strategy behind that decision
• AQ’s choices on where to expand
• Case studies on AQ’s different branches.

Links

• The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences: Barak Mendelsohn Amazon.com
• Barak Mendelsohn (@BarakMendelsohn) | Twitter
• Barak Mendelsohn | Haverford College
• Barak Mendelsohn | Foreign Policy Research Institute

Thanks to Haakon Jahr, TankThoughts, and Raihan Kadir for supporting the show! If you’d like to support the podcast please check out the show’s Patreon page!

The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net, or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod.

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Aaron Stein comes on the show to talk about IS networks in Turkey. Some of the topics covered include:

• How IS developed its network inside Turkey
• Recent attacks in Ankara and Istanbul and the networks behind them
• How these attacks have affected Turkish governmental policy
• How things could play out in the future

Links:

• The Islamic State’s Network in Turkey | Turkey Wonk
• Turkish Jihadism at Home and in Syria with North Caucasus Caucus | Jihadology
• Turkey Wonk: Nuclear and Political Musings in Turkey and Beyond
• Turkey’s New Foreign Policy: Davutoglu, the AKP and the Pursuit of Regional Order
• Aaron Stein (@aaronstein1) | Twitter

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