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I'lam Foundation
أساس إعلام
Dates of operation2018–2024
Allegiance Islamic State

The I'lam Foundation (Arabic: مؤسسة إعلام, romanized: Mo'āssasat Iʻlām) was a multi-language media center of the Islamic State that provides content in the languages of,[1][2][3] English, French, Uzbek, Hindi, Arabic, Malayalam, Turkish, Pashto, Persian, Spanish, Indonesian, German, Bosnian, Hausa, Albanian, Tajik, Uyghur, Kurdish, Somali, Amharic, Swahili, Bengali, and Maldivian like the media center Al-Hayat Media Center.[4][5][6]

On June 2024 it was dismantled by judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and United States in a large-scale operation to disrupt platforms and websites for terrorist communications, propaganda and radical messages.[7]

Funding

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I'lam foundation normally gets its funding from outside cryptocurrency donations,[8] mainly from Islamic State supporters from western countries.[9][10]

Usage

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ISIS–K has used I'lam foundation in order to fund the Islamic State and ISIS–K using Russian bank networks, they used I'lam foundation to spread awareness about their funding platform.[5][11][12] ISIS–K used I'lam foundation's clear net and dark net website.[6] The IMU has mostly used I'lam foundation for its Uzbek-language platform to spread its propaganda videos.[13][14]

Halummu

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Halummu is an English jihadist translation service,[15] translating daily messages, leadership statements, periodicals, and videos created by the Islamic State.[16] It shares its content primarily through Telegram or on ISIS' official website and is the sole English unit operating under the multilingual Fursan al-Tarjuma umbrella.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Media Foundation Releases Video Summarizing ISIS Operations Under Late Caliph Abu Al-Hasan, Claims A Total Of Over 1,500". MEMRI. December 21, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. ^ Thakkar, Mona (2022-11-14). "Islamic Translation Centre (ITC): Taking Al-Qaeda's Media Jihad Global". Global Network on Extremism and Technology. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ^ Nicholson, Joanne; Keeling, Sean; Black, Marigold (2023). Countering Violent Extremism Online: Understanding Adversity and Adaptation in an Increasingly Complex Digital Environment. RAND Corporation. doi:10.7249/rra2773-1.
  4. ^ Alkhouri, Laith; Webber, Lucas. "I'lam Foundation for Translations Emerges as a Boon to Pro-Islamic State Media Ecosystem". militantwire.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  5. ^ a b Alkhouri, Laith; Webber, Lucas (July 20, 2022). "Islamic State launches new Tajik propaganda network | Eurasianet". Eurasianet. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  6. ^ a b "Islamic State Khorasan's Expanded Vision in South and Central Asia". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  7. ^ "Major takedown of critical online infrastructure to disrupt terrorist communications and propaganda". Europol. 14 June 0224. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  8. ^ Looney, S.; Conway, M. Back to the Future? Twenty First Century Extremist and Terrorist Websites (Report). University of Plymouth.
  9. ^ Argentino, Marc-André; Davis, Jessica; Hamming, Tore (2023). "Financing Violent Extremism: An Examination of Maligned Creativity in the Use of Financial Technologies". International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. 22 (1): 20 – via University of Nebraska Omaha.
  10. ^ Lakomy, Miron (2023-01-09). "Dark web jihad : exploring the militant Islamist information ecosystem on The Onion Router". Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: 1–20. doi:10.1080/19434472.2022.2164326. ISSN 1943-4472. S2CID 255683433.
  11. ^ Webber, Lucas (May 6, 2022). "Voice of Khorasan Magazine and the Internationalization of Islamic State's Anti-Taliban Propaganda". Jamestown. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  12. ^ Webber, Lucas. "ISKP Ups Status in Global IS Media Ecosystem, Boosts Relations with Translation and Archival Platform". www.militantwire.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  13. ^ Webber, Lucas (2022-11-07). "MW Monitoring: ISKP Deepens Collaboration with Halummu Translation Outlet; Pro-Islamic State Al-Saqri Foundation for Military Sciences Resurfaces". militantwire.com. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  14. ^ Webber, Lucas (September 17, 2022). "Islamic State Khurasan Province Rolls Out 'Al-Azaim Uzbek' Propaganda Unit". www.militantwire.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  15. ^ Thakkar, Mona (14 November 2022). "Islamic Translation Centre (ITC): Taking Al-Qaeda's Media Jihad Global". Global Network on Extremism & Technology. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  16. ^ Webber, Lucas (2022-10-20). "A Profile of Pro-Islamic State Group Halummu's Translation and Media Operations". militantwire.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  17. ^ Webber, Lucas; Garofalo, Daniele (2023-06-05). "Fursan al-Tarjuma Carries the Torch of Islamic State's Media Jihad". GNET. Retrieved 2023-06-27.


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