There aren't enough bars in downtown Kandahar, or around the Kismayo docks, or anywhere in Gaza. At least not bars that jihadis would go to. Nowhere you could go, sit with a drink, and eavesdrop on the messy, convoluted and contradictory mess that is violent jihadism around the world.
So instead we have the imaginary sharaaabtoon (literally "alcohol place" in Pashto), a place where various self-proclaimed mujahadeens will be brought forth to be seen and overheard, just as if they were the clientele of a bar. We'll try to follow both the big current events which would get everyone talking, but also the smaller organisations who would slip in and out of the bar quietly and unnoticed, if you weren't listening carefully.
Remember: no shahada, no service.
There aren't enough bars jihadis would go to. Nowhere you could go, sit with a drink, and eavesdrop on the messy, convoluted and contradictory mess that is violent jihadism around the world. So instead we have the imaginary Sharaaabtoon, a place where various self-proclaimed mujahadeen will be brought forth to be seen and overheard, just as if they were the clientele of a bar. Remember: no shahada, no service. Twitter: @Sharaabtoon
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