The language of terror: exploring speech acts in official English-language ISIS videos, 2014-2017

Qi, Yuanbo

doi:10.1080/09592318.2020.1775055

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“…In addition, the Islamic caliphate through jihad can solve all life's problems. The third trend found the involvement of women in ISIS Jihad activities from a computational linguistic perspective (Qi, 2020;Windsor, 2020). These research studies prove that the use of radical language in blogs can list the daily activities of women who are perpetrators of terrorist acts, either as sympathizers or followers of ISIS.…”

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Transitivity and critical discourse analysis on a testament: A woman’s involvement in jihad

Gunawan

Kuraedah

Amir

et al. 2023

SiELE

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While a plethora of scholars have explored a growing body of research on women’s involvement in Jihad, there is still a paucity of studies addressing it using the hybridity of transitivity analysis and critical discourse analysis. The present study examined a testament left by an Indonesian woman involved in what she fallaciously called ‘Jihad’. To collect the data, the document analysis was adopted, meanwhile, Halliday and Matthiessen’s transitivity analysis (2004) and Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis (2003) were employed to analyze the data. The findings demonstrated that the experience of the woman’s involvement in jihad was described by the dominant use of material process verbs (59.4%), followed by relational process (19%), mental process (13.5%), and verbal process (8.1%). The transitivity analysis showcases that the testament is not an average text with a religious message or instructions to deal with the left property; instead, it contains a message of the Salafi Jihadist ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which might put people’s lives in peril. The five core teachings of ISIS encapsulate the message of ideological teachings, including jihad (struggle in the context of religious war), takfiri (ex-communication), al-wala’ and al-barra’ (loyalty and disavowal for the sake of God), tauhid (unitary oneness of God), and tahkimiyah (the rule of God – both religiously and politically). The study findings implicate that we must raise awareness of all kinds of testaments left by the jihadi woman because these testaments may contain a global jihadist doctrine. With this in mind, we will not be easily persuaded to join a Salafi jihadist organization.

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confidence: 66%

Transitivity and critical discourse analysis on a testament: A woman’s involvement in jihad

Gunawan

Kuraedah

Amir

et al. 2023

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“…For example, by using negative language: 'satan' and 'the virus of disbelief.' The use of this language is also a special technique for ISIS to optimize its propaganda (Qi, 2020).…”

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Coursebook-Based ISIS’ Propaganda: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Arabic History Texts in ISIS’ School Environments

Saehudin

Ridha

2022

Insaniyat J. of Islam and Humanities

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This research aims to investigate forms of propaganda spread by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as represented in an Arabic History Coursebook they prepare for ISIS’ school environments. It utilizes Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as its research method to examine and reveal values and ideologies behind choices of words, grammar, and text structures. Using an ISIS’ Arabic History Coursebook entitled Al-Tarikh: li al-Shaff al-Khamis al-Ibtida'i (published in 2016/1437H) as the data source, this research is primarily focused on the analysis of clauses and phrases which contain words of daulah and qital. The data were analysed utilizing functional linguistics and propaganda techniques as its analytical framework. Results of analyses show that as an organization ISIS fights for ideologies which underlie the idea of the Islamic State and spreads values of radicalism to its targeted communities. Propaganda techniques such as name calling, glittering generality, transfer, plain folk and bandwagon are found to be dominant in ISIS’ propaganda projects.

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“…In the process of detecting and controlling the security of the online blended learning effect, open-source intelligence (OSINT) is highly efficient and looks to be able to pinpoint specific risk indicators (Binda & Stofkova, 2017;Bolon et al, 2020). It remains essential and is a prerequisite for careful management and decision-making (Qi, 2019(Qi, , 2020b(Qi, , 2022. OSINT is an effective way to draw information from sizable public data sets in line with specified goals by using learning patterns for sophisticated recognition and processing (Bovill, 2020;Brahimi & Sarirete, 2015).…”

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An Open-Source Intelligence-Driven Analysis of International Students’ Blended Learning in China

Qi¹,

Meng²,

Luo³

et al. 2023

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This paper examines the management of international students' online blended learning based on a comprehensive analysis through open-source intelligence and data mining of associated discourses. This work reconstructs the assessment model of the online blended learning effect for overseas students and rebalances the process of this educational experience, leading to the forecast of China's strategic manoeuvres through the lenses of the newsboy model and game theory. This study concludes with three suggestions: boosting the entire experience via scaled growth, enhancing and preventing resilience, and reaching out to a third party for skills reinforcement.

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The language of terror: exploring speech acts in official English-language ISIS videos, 2014-2017

Cited by 7 publications

References 71 publications

Transitivity and critical discourse analysis on a testament: A woman’s involvement in jihad

Transitivity and critical discourse analysis on a testament: A woman’s involvement in jihad

Coursebook-Based ISIS’ Propaganda: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Arabic History Texts in ISIS’ School Environments

An Open-Source Intelligence-Driven Analysis of International Students’ Blended Learning in China

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