World Wide Warriors

How Jihadis Operate Online

Contributions by Clemens Holzgruber Contributions by Rüdiger Lohlker Contributions by Nico Prucha Contributions by Ali Fisher Edited by Rüdiger Lohlker

Book cover: World Wide Warriors

Extent: 197 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Communications, Film, & Media Studies, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(June 2019)

ISBN: 9783847109389

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $62.00

In stock

Research on Jihadi online communication is still not understood and focusses on the needs of political communication. This volume discusses Jihadi Internet as a collective organizer and the ways Jihadi online communication works.


The contributions of this volume aim at a new, evidence based approach to Jihadism studies. What is the structure of Jihadi online communication and the dissemination of operational material online? Which errors were made by conventional Jihadism research? Which programs, apps, etc. use Jihadis to further their online communication? Next to these questions the contributors discuss the evident inability to understand basic mathematical principles in conventional Jihadism research and consider a very important video as a case study of Jihadi online communication, stressing the linguistic and theological shortcomings of conventional research. The volume is based on the understanding of theological elements as a vital part of Jihadi communication.

  • Contributions by Clemens Holzgruber
  • Contributions by Rüdiger Lohlker
  • Contributions by Nico Prucha
  • Contributions by Ali Fisher
  • Edited by Rüdiger Lohlker