Ali Shukri Amin Tweet, August 19, 2014

Date
Aug. 19, 2014
Name of Author
Ali Shukri Amin
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“The khilafah [caliphate, or the “Islamic State”] needs its own website. Let’s make it happen, and once infrastructure is done, give it to them to use and upload things on.” (Tweet)Miriam Berger, “Where is ISIS moving to online as Twitter clamps down?” Buzzfeed, August 20, 2014, http://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamberger/where-is-isis-moving-to-online-as-twitter-clamps-down#.kuwlkRBxo.

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