Extremists making use of the internet to incite violence

Hossam al-Haddad

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) prepares a weekly report about the exploitation by terrorists of the internet and social media sites in their recruitment operations.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared responsibility for an attack on a diplomatic mission in Jeddah. The attack left a security guard and an administrative employee injured.

CEP experts have tracked a video backing ISIS on the communication hub, Rocket Chat. The video marks the anniversary of the November 2 terrorist attacks in Vienna. It includes footage from the attack.

Meanwhile, Neo-Nazis posted comments on the messaging and video platform, Telegram, to call for chaos in the United States following the election victory of Joe Biden. They presented information about the making of explosives.

On November 2, ISIS also claimed responsibility for an attack on a graveyard in Jeddah a day earlier. It said the attack targeted foreign diplomats who were on the site to mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.

ISIS said it especially targeted the French consul in Jeddah in response to the republication of cartoons offending to Prophet Muhammad.

On October 18, ISIS leader Abu Hamza al-Qurashie issued a statement in which he called for staging terrorist attacks inside Saudi Arabia against European and American interests.