{"id":364,"date":"2021-12-02T00:48:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T00:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.ulbsibiu.ro\/studiasecuritatis\/?p=364"},"modified":"2022-07-01T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:03:43","slug":"digital-caliphate-islamic-state-modernity-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.ulbsibiu.ro\/studiasecuritatis\/digital-caliphate-islamic-state-modernity-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"DIGITAL CALIPHATE: ISLAMIC STATE, MODERNITY AND TECHNOLOGY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aleksandar GAJI\u0106 (1) Institute of European Studies, Belgrade
Ljubi\u0161a DESPOTOVI\u0106 (2)
Institute of Political Studies, Belgrade<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Abstract:<\/strong><\/td>This paper observes some of the most distinguished characteristics of the Islamic State related to the use of modern technology and tries to drawn some important conclusions between the terrorist\u2019s quasi state, modernity and technology. After the examination of the functioning of IS at the peak of its powers between 2014 and 2017, the analysis turns to terrorists\u2019 various online activities. All of them are showing the Islamic State\u2019s reliance on modern technology, especially IT, as one of the most important aspects of its terrorist activities that greatly contributed not only to the effectiveness, but to the essential definition of first modern terrorist quasi-state.<\/em> The second part of the paper deals with the Islamic State`s fully reliance on technology in its own legitimization (both among Islamist rivals and \u201cinfidels\u201d).<\/em> The celebration and the fascination with modern technology as main IS characteristics make it different from other Islamist terrorist groups, and trying to establish relations between modernity and terrorism based on religious fundamentalism. The paper also tries to find answers to the question whether IS\u2019s ultra-modern techno approach is responsible for its transformation from a classical fundamentalist terrorist group into some kind of modern political ideology and a social<\/em> movement with totalitarian and murderous characteristics.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Keywords:<\/strong><\/td>Islamic State; terrorism; technology; modernity; Internet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Contact details of the<\/strong> authors:<\/strong><\/td>E-mail: (1) romero@eunet.rs<\/a> (2) despotlj@stcable.net<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Institutional<\/strong> affiliation    of the authors:<\/strong><\/td>Institute of European Studies, Belgrade, Serbia<\/strong>Institute of Political Studies, Belgrade, Serbia<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Institutions address:<\/strong><\/td>Trg Nikole Pa\u0161ica 11, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia Phone: 381 11 339 8891, e-mail: office@ies.rs<\/a>Svetozara Markovi\u0107a 36, 11 000 Belgrade Serbia, Phone: 381 11 3349 204, e-mail: ipsbgd@eunet.rs<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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