Flipping the Script on ISIS (Jacob Olidort, The National Interest)

While the attacks in Brussels are a tragic reminder of the ambitions of ISIS, we have yet to understand the inner workings of its ideology. Just days prior to the tragedy, Belgian authorities raided the home of Algerian Mohamed Belkaid, who was linked to the Paris attacks. Among the items they found were a Kalashnikov, an ISIS flag and a book on Salafism. The event, and the combination of these items, put into stark relief the ongoing debate in Europe and the United States about the precise nature of how these three items—or, more precisely, the physical, symbolic and intellectual weapons in Belkaid’s arsenal—led him and others to conduct violent activities.

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