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In Internet’s Way: Radical, Terrorist Islamists on the Free Highway

In Internet’s Way: Radical, Terrorist Islamists on the Free Highway

Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 20
ISSN: 1947-3435|EISSN: 1947-3443|EISBN13: 9781466611498|DOI: 10.4018/ijcwt.2012070104
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Cohen-Almagor, Raphael. "In Internet’s Way: Radical, Terrorist Islamists on the Free Highway." IJCWT vol.2, no.3 2012: pp.39-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2012070104

APA

Cohen-Almagor, R. (2012). In Internet’s Way: Radical, Terrorist Islamists on the Free Highway. International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT), 2(3), 39-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2012070104

Chicago

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael. "In Internet’s Way: Radical, Terrorist Islamists on the Free Highway," International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) 2, no.3: 39-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2012070104

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Abstract

The article is opened with definitions of terms utilized throughout the article. Terrorism is defined as the threat or employment of violence against noncombatant targets for political, religious, or ideological purposes by sub-national groups and/or clandestine individuals who are willing to justify all means to achieve their goals. Terrorist conduct is designed to attract attention to the terrorist’s cause and to spread fear and anxiety among wide circles of the targeted population. Subsequently the author analyses how terrorists use the Internet, and what can be done to counter their activities. The Internet is used to disseminate information, for propaganda, indoctrination, networking, psychological warfare, socialization, motivation, fund raising, spreading tactics, recruitment, planning activities and coordination. As the Internet became a major arena for modern terrorists, we need to devise appropriate methods to forestall their activities and establish security.

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