Munich gives way to Soccer v. Jihad
Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early proprietor of The...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 18, 2016
- 4 min
With mosques under surveillance, IS turns to soccer for recruitment
By James M. Dorsey Abu Otaiba, the nom du guerre of a self-taught imam and Islamic State (IS) recruiter in Jordan, uses soccer to attract...
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 6, 2016
- 31 min
Soccer v. Jihad: A Draw
By James M. Dorsey An edited version of this article appeared online in the American Behavioral Scientist on 2 March 2016...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 10, 2014
- 5 min
Responding to the Islamic State’s Foreign Fighters: Retribution or Rehabilitation?
RSIS Commentary is a platform to provide timely and, where appropriate, policy-relevant commentary and analysis of topical issues and...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 17, 2014
- 4 min
Soccer pitches: An emerging battleground for control of Iraq
ISIS militant plays soccer with Syrian children By James M. Dorsey Iraqi soccer pitches have emerged as an alternative battleground in...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 9, 2014
- 4 min
Islamic State urges FIFA to deprive Qatar of the World Cup
By James M. Dorsey A purported letter by the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls chunks of Syria and Iraq, has warned...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 1, 2014
- 4 min
Squaring soccer with Islam
By James M. Dorsey Women’s passion for soccer is not simply love of the beautiful game. It fulfils a need to release pent-up energy and...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 22, 2014
- 3 min
Targeting fans: Jihadists get World Cup fever
Source: The Long War Journal By James M. Dorsey It’s not just soccer fans whose football fever soars during a World Cup. So does that of...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 14, 2014
- 6 min
World Cup sparks Islamist debate on rectitude of soccer
Sheikh Abdel Rahman Al-Barrak issues an opinion soccer By James M. Dorsey Ultra-conservative clerics are condemning soccer as a Jewish...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 20, 2014
- 4 min
Syrian jihadists employ soccer as propaganda and recruitment tool
By James M. Dorsey Jihadists, often eager to exploit soccer for their ideological goals, have found a new way of employing the game for...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 21, 2013
- 4 min
Potential German soccer star joins list of players-turned-jihadists
Burak Karan on You Tuble By James M. Dorsey When Burak Karan, an up and coming German-Turkish soccer star, was killed last month during a...
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