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Quo Vadis Europe? Challenges of the 21st Century

Explore the efficient use of the Internet by jihadis and the lack of counter strategies. Learn about ISIS presence in Egypt and the motivations behind engagement. Discover solutions like soft power and alternative views of Islam.

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Quo Vadis Europe? Challenges of the 21st Century

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

  2. 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

  3. Avoid Experts

  4. some data time zone locations number of followers of important accounts languages used by highly engaged followers

  5. 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)

  6. Reasons • humanitarian • adventure • being 'top dog' • identification with winner • causing fear • fighting proxy wars • Islamic

  7. profiles

  8. multilingual

  9. life in jihad • comfortable life

  10. claiming Islamic legitimity • proclaiming caliphate

  11. attracting women

  12. collective memory

  13. eschatological

  14. cult of death

  15. Other Voices

  16. Other Voices

  17. Other Voices

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

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