The Islamic imagery project
Subtitle: visual motifs in jihadi Internet propaganda
By: The Combating Terrorism Center, Department of the Social Sciences, United States Military Academy
Publisher: Combating Terrorism Center
Published: 2006
Place of publication: West Point, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Jihad; Propaganda; Islamic art; Jihad in art; Propaganda analysis; Internet
Description: The Internet is a critical means of communication for the newest generation of terrorist groups. The salafi jihadi movement in particular has used the Internet to pass strategic, operational, and tactical instruction to its followers, becoming adept at utilizing the anonymity and global reach of online communications to promote its message. Visual imagery provides a key aspect of the terrorists' message in that it allows these groups to paint a picture of their objectives, their enemies, and their strategy through graphics, photographs, and symbols. The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point has provided an open source catalogue of these images and their meaning. The Islamic Imagery Project: Visual Motifs in Jihadi Internet Propaganda provides analyses for one-hundred key motifs that appear throughout the jihadists' visual propaganda.
Notes: "March 2006."

Title taken from title screen (viewed August 9, 2006).

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