Jihad and Facebook

Introduction:

ISIS on Facebook

State power is insecure today. Why? There are no interstate conflicts. We have new transnational actors who are becoming the threat number one for all countries. That are terrorists or criminal organizations around the world and have something more important than western states have. They have religious fatalism, fundamentalism and strong will to defeat their enemy. The most dangerous terrorist organizations are those one who are Islamic – oriented because their followers believe in Allah and they are ready to kill in the name of Allah, to be killed in the name of Allah. Because of the Qur’an, they are ready to commit suicide and suicidal attacks. They do not need diplomacy, they do not need money, and they do not need peace. All they need is DIN VA DAVLA – Islamic empire. Without Islamic states, there is no Islam. Therefore, Muslims worldwide have their own approach to the theory of international relations. The world is divided into two parts: DAR AL ISLAM – the state of peace (Islamic states) and DAR AL HARB – the state of war (non-Islamic states). Every Muslim is obligated to spread the Islamic religion and to eliminate all those who are against the Islamic mission. The story about jihad is not so simple. One who reads the chapters Al – Ma’ida („Dining table”) and At–Tawba (Penitence) in the Qur’an, will understand the background of jihad. It is a holy war against the unbelievers and also against the Islamic believers who are not so strong in their beliefs. It is a kind of asymmetric war between Islamic oriented terrorism and western universalism

The face of Evil online

After the events of 9/11, Al–Qaida put itself on the top of all terrorist organizations. It was helped by many others small terrorist organizations and also supported by some terrorist – centered states. We are facing now the same kind of terrorist mentality. For Muslims around the planet, Osama Bin Laden became like hero who is fighting for freedom, for better world for all Muslims, for Islam. It is clear to conclude that many Muslims will be more than pleased to help the Al–Qaida mission. Someone who has money – he gives money for ISLAMIC GOAL. Someone who has no money but has sons – he gives sons to serve in Allah’s name. However, the Islamic goal is unique and Muslims are ready to obtain it as soon as possible.

Rising of Facebook and Allah’s will:

Jihad on Social Media

Within the new communication technology and the great rising of Internet, the large numbers of radical Muslim groups, has intension to use it for their bad purposes, to make good links among themselves and to put their communication on the top.

Now, we have modern way of intercommunication via Internet world: FACEBOOK. At the beginning, it was made as social network to connect relatives and friends among themselves. Not for too long, it became more than social network, it became political network and most of the people start sharing their political ideas and visions. In the shadow of this opened and democratic oriented group of people, there is also a group of radical people who are operating via Facebook and keep going for their selfish and dirty political and ideological values and goals. They are Islamic terrorists or radical Muslims who are interested in getting status of Islamic fighters.

What are they doing? How are they communicating among themselves? What do they want? These three questions are the most important for understanding the problem of abuse of Facebook by terrorist actors.

1) What are they doing?

They are communicating among themselves using Facebook accounts and profiles they have made. They use to have one real profile with their right name and surname and one fake profile on Facebook, with some imagined name and surname. For example: if man’s true name is Muhammed S., his fake name is Allah’s Slave. Noone will recognize him. He will contact with those who are same to him. He will put some typical Islamic photo on the profile, with Qur’an or with some other Islamic symbol. In that way, he will attract the attention of his followers. In a short time, he will have 1.000 friends and most of them will be also with fake profiles. They will have their own line for communication.

2) How are they communicating among Themselves?

As I said, this Allah’s Slave will contact with the people who are similar to him, who have similar ideas and who follow the similar or almost the same ideology. He will build the groups on Facebook, which defend some Muslim things or which present some Muslim goals to the others. Their targets are moderate Muslims who are still not sure who to follow and where to take part in. But, their targets are also non-Muslims who should be convinced to change their belief and to join to Islam, which is presented as salvation for all. Our Allah’s Slave and his friends with magical names like Islamic Warrior or Chechen Lion will make a good circle for intercommunication. Each of them will search for others and that fanatics circle will be spread, step by step, friend by friend. They are not united in peace, they are united in war. They will remind everyone to join to their mission and to show he or she is a right Muslim who deserves Allah’s grace. They will also put interesting clips, news and topics on their walls and make people give their own opinions or they just will put the inviting status like the next one is: Brothers and sisters, it is the shame what our enemies have done to us. We should fight for Islam and for Allah’s name and no matter how many victims we have, we will defeat them.