Table 1 Discursive schemas on facebook

Oppression/ Blaming of the West

[There’s a 9/11 and 7/7 happening more than once a day in muslim ^b countries, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, palestine, chechneya, etc., etc.,] [UFWM0303]

[“Because of my Islamic conscience I could not just sit back and watch the Jews while they were shooting the Muslims like someone shooting birds.” (12 year old boy)]

[Some more moderate elements subscribe to conspiracy theories]

Quoted by [HGB0621]

[what about the killing of palestinian,bosnian… is it justified ?] [AA0313]

[OSAMA did not blow up the 2win towers them illuminati pple did it nd bush is 1 of them. 3.Osama isnt a terrorist Americans, them Jew nd the british they kill thousands of our bros nd sis in iraq, gaza… 5.Osama was a muslim my bro] [AA0309]

Defends actions of terrorists [Osama bin Laden]

[islam is sweet, and yes it is not osama obviously, for he too is a servant of Allah who can say on the day of judgement h… ow he helped other muslims, how he had raised the banner of islam, with no shame, for look at how many witnesses he has for his actions] [UFWM 0307]

Unity of Islam

[However he [bin Laden] is a brother in islam, and as muslims we are one body! where pain may hit one part, affects the rest. You cannot judge, especially as you do not even begin to even try to understand our religion, why do you think islam is the worlds greatest and fastest growing religion in the world.] [UFWM0308]

Restoring the glory of Islam

[and upholding islam, returning it to its glory, inshallah only by the will of Allah] [UFWM0311]

Embracing of death

[Earth is a prison for believers and a paradise for unbelievers] [DF0601]

[We’re just a traveler in this dunya ^c and this dunya is just a trial for us.] [GBAM0603]

[O ALLAH GRANT ME MARTYRDOM IN YOUR PATH AND OCCUR MY DEATH IN THE CITY OF YOUR PROPHET.] \HGB0608]