Christopher Anzalone is a doctoral student in the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University where he studies modern Muslim socio-political movements, Shi'ite Islam, contemporary jihadi movements, and Islamist visual culture. He has published articles in Foreign Policy magazine's AFPAK Channel and several academic encyclopedias including the Princeton University Press' Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (forthcoming) and Oxford University Press' Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (2009), Encyclopedia of the Modern World (2008), and Encyclopedia of Islam and Law (forthcoming).
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Published in: HomeNigeria and Boko Haram in jihadi media discourseBoko Haram, a violent islamist group operating in Nigeria, is often linked to Al-Qaeda and Somalia jihadists...
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Published in: openSecurityTaliban leadership decries sectarian attacks
Recent bombings in Afghanistan have raised fears of mounting violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites. This cannot be in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe rapid evolution of Al-Shabab’s media and insurgent “journalism”
The evolution of Al-Shabab’s media arm provides a window into the group’s overall maturation as an insurgent...
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Published in: openSecurityAl-Shabab: Between the battlefield & the famine
Despite its military setbacks and pressures from the famine, Al-Shabab remains a formidable and adaptive force and...
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Published in: openSecurityDangerous liaison? Evaluating relations between Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda
The detention of Ahmed Warsame in the US has renewed the discussion about possible cooperation between the powerful...
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Published in: openSecurityWho are Somalia’s ‘al-Shabab?’
Continuing our examination of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Africa, Christopher Anzalone looks at Somalia’s...