Quo Vadis Europe? Challenges of the 21st Century Online Jihadism Rüdiger Lohlker (Vienna University)

Quo Vadis Europe? Challenges of the 21st Century

Online Jihadism

Rüdiger Lohlker(Vienna University)

Situation

efficient and committed use of the Internet by jihadis

multiplatform strategy ability to evade censorship („swarmcast“) lack of counter strategies there is more than IS/ISIS

Avoid Experts

some data

time zone locations

number of followers of important accounts

languages used by highly engaged followers

Background

ISIS is within Egypt, through what is taught in its schools and universities, warns a cleric, sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Nasr.

(Misr al-'arabiyya, October 30th, 2014)

Reasons

humanitarian adventure being 'top dog' identification with winner causing fear fighting proxy wars Islamic

profiles

multilingual

life in jihad

comfortable life

claiming Islamic legitimity

proclaiming caliphate

attracting women

collective memory

eschatological

cult of death

Other Voices

Other Voices

Other Voices

Solutions

soft power claiming Internet back building peer networks alternative views of Islam critique of jihadi ideology alternatives way of action for young people