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taking into consideration the Muslim population of Adjara and their
recruitment.
Nearly all authors have stressed out the importance of the threat of
returnees. According to the studies examined, the threat of returning
fighters is an actual issue nowadays, since the foreign fighters are
being lured by the ideas of Caliphate, are being taught the tactics and
then, after returning to their countries of origin, they represent a threat
of carrying out terrorist attacks in those remote territories (Europe,
Australia, Asia 16 ). Moreover, nearly all authors claim that the brutal
videos posted by the organization online are a special force for
affecting the minds of future recruits.
The common grounds that the scholars have agreed upon include
the strength of ISIS online propaganda, which is the most efficient
tool for recruiting new fighters, the dissemination of the propaganda
and the threat of returning fighters. The articles also studied focus on
the threats caused by such worldwide recruitment, especially when
new fighters are being picked from women or children from different
countries of the world.
Methodology
This research paper mainly uses qualitative approach, focusing on
literature review and analysis of press and articles. A part of this work
examines the main tendencies of ISIS recruitment as a whole, covered
by literature and scholarly articles, while the other half is concentrated
on the issue of the recruitment from Georgian regions. International
and ISIS press and media articles, as well as some documents that
tackle the issue of Georgian IS fighters and steps against this threat,
have been used as sources to base the analyses on. During the
research, ISIS press and videos were studied and examined in the
scope of the topic of the research. Addressing the issue of how the
local government deals or tries to deal with the problem, Georgian
National Security Strategy and media were examined, as well as
Georgia’s annual reports on terrorismto the Bureau of Counterterrorism
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Azzam, C., op. cit.
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