NP - "Inspire" Magazine

[David Morris]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572404575635053157718986.html

The November special issue of Inspire, a slick new English-language
Web magazine produced by Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula, aims to do
more than report the news. It wants to make news, by inspiring young
American Muslims to kill their neighbors.

The accompanying editorial package offers a canny blend of photos,
feature stories, insider details, snappy news bits and verse-quoting
theological justifications for terrorist attacks, all of it calculated
to appeal to American Muslims who grew up on glossy magazines like
Details and GQ. It is also notable for its collegiate sense of humor,
which includes a mention of the fact that the plotters dropped a copy
of Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" into one of the bomb
packages—a detail illustrated by a close-up of the novel's paperback
edition. A photograph of Yemeni President Ali Saleh is accompanied by
the caption "Yeah, keep scratching your head"; a credit at the bottom
states "This ad is brought to you by A Cold Diss," a seeming attempt
to appeal to the sensibilities of Muslim hipsters.