Pro-Violence

Abu Almajd, Qassam Brigades member, August 2015

Author
Date
Aug. 2015
Name of Author
Abu Almajd
Body

On the unveiling of a Hamas-designed dirt road near the Gaza-Israel border:

“We built this road in spite of the Jews. Now we are closer to the Jews, only meters between. The Jews’ road is straight, and the Jakar road is straight. We can watch each other during cease-fires and during wars.”Jodi Rudoren, “A Dirt Road in Gaza, Devised by Hamas as a Message to Israel,” New York Times, August 4, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/world/middleeast/a-dirt-road-in-gaza-intended-to-send-a-message.html.

Threat

Muhammad Dakhlalla, July 13, 2015

Date
Jul. 13, 2015
Name of Author
Muhammad Dakhlalla
Body

“I wish to be a mujahid akhi. I am willing to fight. I want to be taught what it really means to have that heart in battle!”(Facebook message, suspected)“United States of America v. Jaelyn Delshaun Young and Muhammada Oda Dakhlalla,” United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, May 21, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/705906/download.

Rhetoric Category

Muhammad Muntasir, spokesman, June 30, 2015

Date
Jun. 30, 2015
Name of Author
Muhammad Muntasir
Body

In reference to the murder of Egypt’s top prosecutor Hisham Baraket that the Brotherhood has blamed on Sisi’s regime:

“The current Egyptian situation has exceeded everyone’s capacity. There is no way to stop the bloodshed except by breaking the military coup and reviving the revolution.”“Muslim Brotherhood holds Sisi regime responsible for assassination,” Middle East Monitor, June 30, 2015, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/19548-muslim-brotherhood-holds-sisi-regime-responsible-for-assassination.

Rhetoric Category

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, ISIS Spokesman, June 23, 2015

Date
Jun. 23, 2015
Name of Author
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani
Body

“[The Shiites] are advancing towards you… your war with them is undoubtedly approaching… either march forth,…drive [the Shiites] back, or remain asleep and wake up to what the people of Iraq, Sham [Syria], and Yemen awoke to of killing, imprisonment, exile, the destruction of their homes, the looting of their wealth, and the violation of their women.”Thomas Joscelyn, “Islamic State spokesman calls on other factions to ‘repent,’ urges sectarian war,” Long War Journal, June 23, 2015, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/06/islamic-state-spokesman-calls-on-other-factions-to-repent.php.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Abuqital ibn tauheed, Tweet, June 12, 2015

Date
Jun. 12, 2015
Name of Author
Abuqital ibn tauheed
Body

“Alhamdulillah an American snake killed by THE islamic state fighting for the Kurds. HAhaha.https://youtu.be/5x5Gk_ccCx4” (Tweet accompanied by a YouTube link containing a slideshow of photos of a deceased American)Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter Post, June 12, 12:52 p.m., accessed June 17, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/609448313771851776.

Rhetoric Category

Akram al-Kaabi, June 2015

Date
Jun. 2015
Body

After an explosion near Abu Ghraib in Iraq kills 10 members of Asaib Ahl al-Haq:

“All resistance movements will seek revenge in a timely manner.”Bill Roggio, “Iraqi Shiite Militia Commander Threatens to Attack US,” Long War Journal, June 9, 2015, https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/06/iraqi-shiite-militia-commander-threatens-to-attack-us.php.

Rhetoric Category