Al-Fajr Media () or Dawn Media was an

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affiliated media organization that was started in 2006 and was used by multiple Al-Qaeda affiliated organizations on Jihadist forums.

History

Early years

Al-Fajr Media started with memorials of dead members/leaders of

and other Al-Qaeda affiliated groups and distributed the videos on Jihadist forums based in the Middle east and North Africa. The organization also posted videos with Ansar al-Islam that call for

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. Al-Fajr also released an online magazine in 2006 entitled "Technical Mujahid" which focused on online security and technology. Al-Fajr released posters in 2006 inciting for people to spread them. Al-Fajr has also shown support for Palestinian Jihadist organizations and incited them to Jihad against Israel. Al-Fajr also in 2007 starts working with

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to report on new control of towns and cities in

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, and they also start reporting on "enemy attack". Al-Fajr also starts releasing books by

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to show support for Al-Qaeda and Ayman al-Zawahiri in early 2007. In late 2008, Al-Fajr Media created a Jihadist forum which was taken down abruptly after release, Al-Fajr did make a statement about the forum's shutdown. In December 2008, Al-Fajr recommended for Jihadist to "invade" the YouTube website and to spread Jihadist videos on there.

Mid-years

In 2010, Al-Fajr started a series called "Manufacturing Terrorism" for Jihadists online. In May 2011, Al-Fajr announced, with the permission of

, of Osama Bin Ladin's death, and incited for Jihadists to take "revenge" for Osama Bin Ladin's death. In February 2012, Al-Fajr released a women's magazine for Jihadist women. In September 2012, Al-Fajr releases a Technical Committee which revolves around app and website making for online Jihadists.

Late years

In late 2013, Al-Fajr releases a encryption application to encrypt messages when talking to Jihadists. In Mid-2014, Al-Fajr releases an encryption application for Android phones for Jihadists on phone messaging services like

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. In early 2016, Al-Fajr released a pasting website for Jihadists as an alternative for a pasting website like

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Designation as a Terrorist organization

In 2016, when Al-Fajr Media became defunct, the United States officially called Al-Fajr Media a media center of Al-Qaeda and designated it as a terrorist organization.{{Cite web , date=September 5, 2017 , title=The Role of Social Media in the Evolution of Al-Qaeda-Inspired Terrorism , url=https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/role-social-media-evolution-al-qaeda-inspired-terrorism , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127061142/https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/role-social-media-evolution-al-qaeda-inspired-terrorism , archive-date=2022-11-27 , access-date=2022-11-27 , website=

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References

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