D. A. NECHITAILO, Candidate of Political Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences jihad on the Internet "Al-Qaeda", Keywords:, online propaganda In the psychological war for influence on society, terrorists rely mainly on the Internet. Through their information portals, they not only come into contact with the audience, but also form an image of the enemy in their minds. Regardless of their ideological views and goals, terrorists present information in such a way that it is perceived by different groups of potential audiences. In fact, a large-scale information war is being waged against the liberal civilizational world order, which, we must admit, is in a state of deep crisis. For radical movements of various kinds, violence has a religious and legal justification and is a primary tool in the strategy of the struggle for power. And when this is said openly every day and every hour, it impresses and affects the minds of millions of people: one scares, another worries, and someone makes you think, but leaves no one indifferent. Most actively, Al-Qaeda began to use the Internet when its military training camps were destroyed after the entry of American troops into Afghanistan. The World Wide Web serves as a vehicle for radical Islamists to exchange ideas and grow ideologically. In the absence of free information resources that are equally accessible to everyone, the global jihad movement would not have been able to develop at such a rapid pace. The Internet allows radical Islamists to find people who share their views in the global information space. They actively use the World Wide Web not only for the purpose of finding like-minded people: the information network is now becoming the main source of "self-radicalization"for them. The intellectual level of perpetrators of terrorist attacks is growing. The active use of the global information space by radical Islamists in their struggle can be called "media jihad". Changes in the transnational ... Read more