Middle East Week

Christopher Anzalone joins me to discuss conceptions of military jihad and martyrdom among contemporary Muslim militants, including an in-depth discussion of Liwa Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas in Syria and the different Sadrist groups in Iraq. Anzalone is a PhD student at McGill University and an adjunct research fellow at the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University. Links: Jadaliyya Views From the Occident blog by Anzalone al-Wasat blog Middle East Research and Information Project Chrsitopher Anzalone on Twitter @ibnsiqilli Karl Morand on Twitter @KarlMorand Thomas Hegghammer on Twitter @Hegghammer Aaron Zelin on Twitter @azelin Please rate & review the show in iTunes