Mag. Nico Prucha

geboren 1979

März 2009    Abschluss mit Auszeichnung als Magister der Philosophie am Institut für Orientalistik. Thema der Diplomarbeit: Sawt al-Dschihad – die Stimme des Dschihad al-Qa’ida erstes Online Magazin

Seit Winter Semester 2009   
Zugelassen zum Doktoratstudium an der Universität Wien; Beginn der Dissertation „Key Concepts of Contemporary Jihadist Ideology – Means and Tools of Jihadist to Disseminate On-line Propaganda for Radicalization, Indoctrination and Recruitment.”

aktuellste Publikation:
Die Stimme des Dschihad
"Sawt al-gihad": al-Qaidas erstes Online-Magazin
mehr dazu hier...
und hier

Laufende Forschung:

·    Translations, analysis of jihad literature, on-line forums and videos.
·    Since 2002: Establishing a database of (mostly) Arabic jihad-literature and videos; identification of categories and doctrinal keywords and key ideologues.
·    Clarifying Islamic judicial terms and verses of the Quran, used in the jihad-literature.
·    The ideology of al-Qa’ida.
·    Practical aspects of contemporary Jihadists movements on the internet (handbooks on weapons, explosives and instructions for hackers).
·    Monitoring radical Islamist and jihadist, mostly Sunni, online forums.
·    Thorough assessment of jihadist web-related content in general,
·    including jihad videos on a global scale and the dissemination of radical ideology related to filmed actions of fighting elements.
·    Patterns of recruitment, radicalization and motivation (on- and offline).
·    Assessment of jihadist magazines.
·    Assessment of available religious, historical and contemporary publications in Arab countries.
·    Personal talks with ‘ulama’ members to further the understanding of specific ‘dual use’ concepts of contemporary and historical Islam.
·    Online Jihad and electronic games.
·    The German Red Army Faction and al-Qa’ida: Comparison of original statements, declaration of goals and expressed strategies.
·    Historical Islam and Jihad.


Publikationen:

·    Prucha, Nico: Anwendungsbeispiel der Online-Welten der „al-Qa’ida“ - Yaman Mukhaddab, ein Online-Sympathisant [An Example of al-Qa'ida's onlineworlds: Yaman Mukhaddab, a Online Sympathiser], Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP), (http://www.oiip.at/fileadmin/Unterlagen/Dateien/Publikationen/Online_Dschihad.pdf).
·    Prucha, Nico: Global Jihadists setting sights on Germany, Newsletter for Bessentials Group, November 2009, (http://bessentialsgroup.com/images/stories/PDF/Newsletters/Newsletter_November_2009.pdf ).
·    Prucha, Nico: Jihadists‘ Use of Quran’s ribat concept in: Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst, August 2009, published online as “The concept of 'Ribat' in jihadist mindset”, (http://www4.janes.com/subscribe/jiaa/doc_view.jsp?K2DocKey=/content1/janesdata/mags/jiaa/history/jiaa2009/jiaa5218.htm@current&Prod_Name=JIAA&QueryText=).
·    Prucha, Nico: Validating Violence – Jihadists Sanction Energy-Related Attacks in: Jane's Energy Security - distributed to delegates at CERAWeek and published in Jane’s Intelligence Review, January 2009, (http://www4.janes.com/subscribe/jir/doc_view.jsp?K2DocKey=/content1/janesdata/mags/jir/history/jir2009/jir10566.htm@current&Prod_Name=JIR&QueryText=).
·    Prucha, Nico: Sawt al-Dschihad – die Stimme des Dschihad al-Qa’ida erstes Online Magazin (Sawt al-Jihad: al-Qa’ida’s first online Magazine, Thesis), University of Vienna 2009.
·    Anonymous: Finding Nemo in: Jane’s Terrorism & Security Monitor, July 2008, (http://www.janes.com/news/security/terrorism/jtsm/jtsm080707_1_n.shtml).
·    Anonymous: The Rise of Al-Ekhlaas in: Jane’s Terrorism & Security Monitor, May 2008, S. 14-15, (http://emag.digitalpc.co.uk/jig/jtsm0805.asp).
·    Lohlker, Rüdiger/ Prucha, Nico: Dschihadismus im Internet – Die praktische Seite [Jihadism on the Internet – the practical aspect], in: SIAK Journal Zeitschrift für Polizeiwissenschaft und polizeiliche Praxis, Ausgabe 04/2007.
·    Prucha, Nico: Dschihadistische Foren im Internet [Jihadi Forums on the Internet], Institut für Wissenschaft und Forschung, IWF Research Notes (SIAK), Vienna 2007.
·    Prucha, Nico: Jihad on the Internet. The Anomalous Case of Abu Jandal al-Azdi, in: Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (ACIPSS), Vol. 1, No.2, 2007.
·    Schahbasi, Alexander and Prucha, Nico: Analyse dschihadistischer Internet-Videos [Analysing Jihadi Online Videos],  Institut für Wissenschaft und Forschung, IWF Research Notes (SIAK), Vienna 2007
·    Unofficial author of the blog onlinejihad (http://onlinejihad.wordpress.com/) Forthcoming publications:·    Prucha, Nico: Die Stimme des Dschihad – Sawt al-jihad al-Qa’idas erstes Online-Magazin, Verlag Dr.Kovac: Hamburg 2010.

Sprachkenntnisse:

Englisch: Fließend
Arabisch: Fließend
Französisch: Grundkenntnisse