Analysts have generally ignored these texts, as if poetry were a colorful but ultimately distracting by-product of jihad. But this is a mistake. It is impossible to understand jihadism—its objectives, its appeal for new recruits, and its durability—without examining its culture.
Over at the New Yorker, Robyn Creswell and Bernard Haykel examine jihadi culture through the lens of its poetry.
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