Research
on the Islamic State
by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi
various publications
January 15-31, 2015
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A
recent IS decree, translated by Jawad al-Tamimi, forced businesses in
Mosul to close during prayer times.
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Middle East Forum Shillman/Ginsburg
Fellow Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi is one of world's leading researchers on
the Islamic State (IS) group terrorizing Iraq and Syria, also known as
ISIS. The overwhelming majority of his writings and translations are too
detailed or esoteric for distribution to a general audience, so instead
MEF compiles periodic updates providing links and summaries for those who
wish to follow the groundbreaking work of this prolific researcher.
For more general interest writings
by Jawad al-Tamimi, click here.
Articles
Jabhat
al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province (Jan. 24)
Examines the small, isolated Druze communities of Idlib province (most
Druze live in regime controlled areas of the south), where Al-Qaeda
affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra reigns supreme. Includes discussion of report
that a number of Druze village leaders have proclaimed their conversion
to Sunni Islam and willingness to implement shari'a (Islamic law).
Translations
Archive
of Islamic State Administrative Documents (Jan. 27)
An exhaustive archive of dozens of IS administrative documents translated
by Jawad al-Tamimi prior to the below-mentioned series of document
translations from Ninawa province.
"Qālū
'innha wa'ad"- Jihadi Nasheed (Jan. 23)
A musical chant (nasheed) used by both IS and more mainstream
Syrian rebels, notable for the line, "we are the soldiers who burn
disgrace with fire."
Aspects
of IS Administration in Ninawa Province: Part III (Jan. 23)
A selection of translated official IS documents from Ninawa province,
which remains completely out of Iraqi government control, in the field of
religious life and public morality, with brief analysis of each. Includes
a decree from Diwan al-Hisba, which controls religious police,
ordering shops to close during prayer times, and two decrees from Diwan
al-Awqaf wa al-Masajid, which controls religious endowments, opening
separate shari'a institutes for men and women in the Mosul area.
Aspects
of IS Administration in Ninawa Province: Part II (Jan. 20)
A selection of translated official IS documents from Ninawa province, in
the field of public service, with brief analysis of each. Includes a
decree from Diwan al-Khidamat (Services Administration) on
sanitation laws (e.g. "No throwing away of papers and empty
containers for drinks, water from cars during driving or from
travel"), another urging municipal employees to maintain official
office hours, a list of strict price controls for pharmaceutical goods
(e.g. "Profit from price 250-1000 dinars is to be 35%"), an
ultimatum giving doctors and other professionals who have "migrated
to the land of disbelief" a deadline of "10 days to return and
take up their jobs," an announcement of real estate for public
auction, and an appeal for zakat (obligatory alms) collection.
Aspects
of IS Administration in Ninawa Province: Part I (Jan. 17)
A selection of translated official IS documents from Ninawa province, in
the field of education. Includes a wide-ranging decree closing the
"College of Human Rights, Political Sciences and Fine Arts" and
other non-essential departments at Mosul University, and examination
timetable, and a set of middle school exam questions (e.g. "Why did
God reveal the Noble Qur'an to His Prophet Muhammad?").
"The
Land of Sinai"- IS Nasheed (Jan. 16)
A new nasheed from IS's Ajnad Media Foundation. It is sung in the
first person by "we [who have] have dwelled in the land of
Sinai," where the radical Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged
allegiance to IS in November 2014, and pledges to defeat kufr
(disbelief/disbelievers).
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi is a
Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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