Amaq Media is an ISIS media channel. It is most frequently used by the group to issue formal claims for attacks or to release messages from the group's leadership. It functions similarly to a state-owned media outlet... Read more

Anjem Choudary is a British Islamist activist who founded a number of Salafist institutions and openly supported ISIS's activities. He has influenced radical individuals throughout Europe and America. In 2016, he was convicted in the UK undersection... Read more

"Baqiya wa Tatamadad" is an Arabic phrase meaning "remaining and expanding," which became the slogan of the Islamic State after the collapse of the territorial caliphate. ISIS supporters will often add the phrase as a hashtag or... Read more

Black flags are inspired by descriptions of the Prophet Muhammad's battle flag, which was reportedly a black flag with white lettering on it. Therefore, many Islamist extremist groups adopt various interpretations of this image to use as... Read more

The Boston Marathon Bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that occurred on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two Kyrgyz-American brothers of Chechen descent, created two pressure cooker bombs using instructions published by... Read more

The Charlie Hebdo terror attack occurred on January 7, 2015 in Paris, France, when two brothers forced their way into the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring... Read more

Cole James Bridges, aka Cole Gonzales, is a U.S. Army soldier who was arrested and charged by the Southern District of New York in January 2021 for plotting to assist ISIS in attacking and killing his fellow... Read more