Where are all the militant websites?

June 9, 2006 4:50 AM

Where are all the militant Islamist websites?

I'm writing for a fairly major Middle Eastern newspaper, and it's part of my job to get reactions and quotes from as many sources as possible. When mission statements, letters, reactions, videos, etc., from militants come out and get reported in the media, they're usually attributed to otherwise anonymous "Islamist websites." But where are they?

I know that Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Fateh, and other smaller and lesser-known groups all have websites or message boards, but I haven't had any luck tracking them down.

posted by awenner to Writing & Language (6 answers total)

As an auxillary question, would someone with an interest in following this sort of thing for academic interest expect to get visited by intelligence services for his or her internet usage?
posted by trey at 5:26 AM on June 9, 2006

try http://www.haganah.us/haganah/internet.html via http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/18418#305811
posted by yeoz at 5:30 AM on June 9, 2006

who knows if you'll get visited, but I would guess the odds are decent you will be put on a list of some sort.
posted by edgeways at 6:23 AM on June 9, 2006

You might want to check with the Site Institute, from what I understand, the group has provided invaluable information to government agencies and private organizations against Islamic extremists. The institute is run by a woman named Rita Katz (I can only assume it is a pseudonym), and she tracks jihadis and other extremists on the web. There is an interesting article about her in the New Yorker a few weeks back.
posted by msali at 6:33 AM on June 9, 2006

Recent Post about Rita Katz
posted by adamvasco at 6:49 AM on June 9, 2006

Here you go, this should have more than enough to keep you occupied:

Islamic Web Sites
http://tajdeed-list.net/pipermail/pir_tajdeed-list.net/2006-June/000092.html

What's especially nice about it is it offers world-wide coverage.
posted by Kellyu at 3:29 PM on June 29, 2006