The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.)
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On September 7, 2020, Iraqi media published a letter from the Iraqi Interior Ministry to Iraqi and foreign security companies that work with Americans warning that they may be the targets of attacks, without specifying who the attackers might be.
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-ISIS Telegram Group Promotes Tiktok Account Posting Jihadi Nasheeds
On September 7, 2020, a member of a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram group posted a link to his TikTok account, asking others to follow him on the platform.
Pro-Taliban TikTok accounts, with accompanying text in Urdu and Pashto, celebrate late Taliban commander Mullah Mohammed Omar and refer to the U.S.-Taliban deal signed in Doha this February 2020.
A Texas-based Facebook user has shared posts promoting jihad, istishad (i.e., "martyrdom operations"), and mujahideen.
EXCLUSIVE: Al-Qaeda Outlet Urges Muslims To Exact Vengeance On Charlie Hebdo
On September 9, 2020, an Al-Qaeda media outlet dedicated to translating and distributing material in French released a two-page document in response to the reprinting of cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Criticism of the reprinting of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons came from bodies linked to Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), including statements of condemnation an official governing body in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, and from the Supreme Fatwa Council in Syria, an official religious body.
On September 6, 2020 the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) issued a statement responding to what it claimed were media reports on the establishment of an Israeli military base on a Yemeni island.
ISIS Editorial: Jihadi Factions In Syria Have 'Distorted' Islam, Misled Muslims
The editorial in the September 4, 2020 issue of the Islamic State (ISIS) weekly accused jihadi factions in Syria of "distorting" the religion of Islam and of misleading Muslims and guiding them away from "the divine path to implement the religion."
ISIS Claims Knife Attack In Tunisia
On September 7, 2020, in a report on Telegram released by an Islamic State (ISIS) outlet, ISIS claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Tunisia on the previous day.
Pro-ISIS Media Outlet Publishes Posters Threatening France>
On September 7, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) outlet released two posters threatening France.
On September 3, 2020 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) issued a "clarification" regarding the group's recent arrest of the emir of a French-speaking jihadi group aligned with Al-Qaeda.
Syrian Jihadi Commander Burns Swedish, Norwegian Flags In Response To Quran Desecration
On September 3, 2020, a former Hay'at Al-Tahir Al-Sham (HTS) commander, who is the current commander of a Syrian jihadi faction, posted on Telegram a video of himself burning the Swedish and Norwegian flags, in response to the recent incidents of desecration of the Quran in Malmo, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.
On September 3, 2020 a pro-Al-Qaeda online women's magazine published an article about the recent Beirut port blast, in which it suggested that Lebanon's political instability is the normal result of decades of European and Iranian hegemony over the country.
On September 7, 2020, Somali Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen released an official statement regarding its claim of responsibility for the deaths of several American soldiers in a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber on that day.
Al-Shabab Claims Killing Of Several U.S. Soldiers In Car Bomb Attack In Somalia
On September 7, 2020, Somali Al-Qaeda affiliate Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab) claimed responsibility for a car bomb detonated on a joint convoy of U.S. and Somali Special Forces in Somalia.
Al-Shabab Claims Series Of Attacks On Joint U.S.-Somali Convoys In Somalia
On September 5, 2020, the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab) claimed responsibility for a series of IED attacks in recent days against convoys of a joint force comprised of U.S. and Somali Special Forces
Group for Support of Islam and the Muslims (GSIM) Claims Attack On French APC In Mali
On September 6, 2020, an Al-Qaeda affiliated news agency published a short report about recent attacks perpetrated by the Group for Support of Islam and the Muslims (GSIM) in Mali.
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Anas Haqqani, one of the key jihadi commanders freed at the request of the U.S. government from an Afghan prison and now based in the Qatari capital of Doha, recently paid tribute to his late father Jalaluddin Haqqani, who was founder of the Haqqani Network, which is one of the key terror units within the ranks of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban organization supported by the Pakistani military's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.
To mark the second anniversary of the death of veteran jihadi commander Jalaluddin Haqqani on September 3, 2020, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) recently published a series of articles and statements.
Afghan Taliban's 'Chief Justice' Appointed To Lead Delegation At Intra-Afghan Talks In Doha
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has appointed a new leader of its 21-member team that will hold talks in Doha over the future of peace in Afghanistan with an Afghan delegation comprising members from the government and civil society groups.
An Urdu-language book shared on the U.S. website Archive.org argues in favor of suicide bombings by jihadi groups.
