Reading Their Lips: The Credibility of Jihadi Web Sites as ‘Soft Power’ in the War of the Minds
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1 Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM) OCCASIONAL PAPERS Volume 5 (2007), Number 5 (December 2007) Director: Reuven Paz The Project for the Research of Islamist Movements is linked to the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center. Site: www.e-prism.org. Email: [email protected]. All material copyright Reuven Paz unless otherwise stated. Credit if quoting; ask permission to reprint. GLORIA is part of the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, ISRAEL ****----*****----*****----*****----*****----*****----**** Abstract: This is a series of papers that translate and analyze articles, reports, religious decrees, and other documents, written primarily in Arabic by Islamist scholars, clerics, operatives, or intellectuals.
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