Extremist online content: Pro-ISIS website promotes terrorist attacks

Hossam al-Haddad

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) provides a weekly report on the methods extremists use to exploit the internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, the eighth edition of the pro-ISIS online magazine Voice of India was released on several websites, announcing to its supporters that it is permissible to kill women, children and the elderly in terrorist attacks. ISIS also released a new propaganda video that depicts combat footage between ISIS and the Taliban, as well as footage of Taliban fighters killed during the fighting. Additionally, a pro-ISIS blogger on the RocketChat platform distributed nearly thirty emails and login information for accounts with its VPN service Nord.

Meanwhile, the International Conservative Group (ICC), a white supremicist media group that had previously supported the Rise Above Movement (RAM), has launched an international campaign in support of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. Finally, several white supremacist accounts on Telegram praised the shooting of two Louisville police officers during the protests in Louisville, Kentucky over the lack of charges being handed down in the Breonna Taylor case.

Pro-ISIS Voice of India

The eighth issue of Voice of India was released on several sites on September 19, aiming to attract Muslims in the Indian subcontinent and beyond. It included an article authorizing the killing of women, children and the elderly in terrorist operations, as well as an article praising ISIS supporters in the Maldives who had fought in Syria and Iraq, providing advice to those still in their country of origin. Another section contained a tribute to Abu Khalid al-Hindi, a member of ISIS in Khorasan who attacked Sikh worshippers in a Gurudwara in Kabul in March, killing 25 people.

ISIS launches new propaganda video

On September 22, ISIS released a new video, “Be Healed Before Your Lord 2”, which shows fighting between ISIS and the Taliban in the Afghan provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar. It also shows the bodies of Taliban fighters killed in the fighting and accused the Taliban of working for the United States. The video was released during the negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar.

ISIS supporters share VPN recordings on RocketChat

Meanwhile, a pro-ISIS blogger on RocketChat distributed emails and login information for accounts with VPN service Nord. VPNs allow individuals to protect their IP addresses in an effort to hide their location. The user posted nearly thirty Gmail addresses with their passwords.

White supremacists create international campaign to support Kyle Rittenhouse

The International Conservative Community (ICC), a white supremacist media group, has launched an international campaign to rally support for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of killing two people and wounding another in a shooting during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The ICC previously published a large amount of content supporting the Rise Above Movement (RAM), and the various ICC accounts that have been identified have stylistic similarities to RAM.

The ICC posted photos from several far-right groups on its Instagram page, which had more than 700 followers on September 24. The Instagram account included images from Revolt Through Tradition in Massachusetts and Action Zealandia in New Zealand. It claims to have supporters in Sweden, Greece and Serbia, as well as the US states of Colorado and Pennsylvania. The ICC also maintains Telegram and BitChute accounts. The Telegram account belongs to a clothing company that sells RAM goods and has also posted photos from the Ultras football group in Bulgaria showing its support for Rittenhouse.

White supremacists celebrate Louisville protests

On September 23 and 24, several white supremacist accounts on Telegram celebrated the protests in Louisville, Kentucky over the lack of charges brought against police officers implicated in Breonna Taylor’s death. Several channels inciting white supremacy expressed hope that there would be violence that would further inflame the tensions. One channel even celebrated the shooting of two police officers on the night of September 23, while another channel spread links to conversations and channels on Telegram of anti-fascist groups and the Black Lives Matter movement to encourage trolling and spreading misinformation.