Salafi-Jihadism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Salafi-Jihadism write by Shiraz Maher. This book was released on 2016-11-01. Salafi-Jihadism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the specter of global jihadism. While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. As the Levant has imploded and millenarian radicals claim to have revived a Caliphate based on the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, the need for a nuanced and accurate understanding of jihadist beliefs has never been greater. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990s and the 9/11 wars. What emerges is the story of a pragmatic but resilient warrior doctrine that often struggles - as so many utopian ideologies do - to consolidate the idealism of theory with the reality of practice. His ground-breaking introduction to salafi-jihadism recalibrates our understanding of the ideas underpinning one of the most destructive political philosophies of our time by assessing classical works from Islamic antiquity alongside those of contemporary ideologues. Packed with refreshing and provocative insights, Maher explains how war and insecurity engendered one of the most significant socio-religious movements of the modern era.
The Globalization of Martyrdom
The Globalization of Martyrdom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Globalization of Martyrdom write by Assaf Moghadam. This book was released on 2008. The Globalization of Martyrdom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dissertation's conclusion offers practical policy recommendations based on the findings of this study, in which special emphasis is placed on the ideological component of the struggle against suicide attacks and terrorism in general.
Jihadism Transformed
Jihadism Transformed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jihadism Transformed write by Simon Staffell. This book was released on 2016-12-01. Jihadism Transformed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jihadist narratives have evolved dramatically over the past five years, driven by momentous events in the Middle East and beyond; the death of bin Laden; the rise and ultimate failure of the Arab Spring; and most notably, the rise of the so-called Islamic State. For many years, al-Qaeda pointed to an aspirational future Caliphate as their utopian end goal - one which allowed them to justify their violent excesses in the here and now. Islamic State turned that aspiration into a dystopic reality, and in the process hijacked the jihadist narrative, breathing new life into the global Salafi-Jihadi movement. Despite air-strikes from above, and local disillusionment from below, the new caliphate has stubbornly persisted and has been at the heart of ISIS's growing global appeal. This timely collection of essays examines how jihadist narratives have changed globally, adapting to these turbulent circumstances. Area and thematic specialists consider transitions inside the Middle East and North Africa as well as in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. As these analyses demonstrate, the success of the ISIS narrative has been as much about resonance with local contexts, as it has been about the appeal of the global idea of a tangible and realised caliphate.
Incitement
Incitement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Incitement write by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. This book was released on 2020-05-05. Incitement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive account of the career and legacy of the most influential Western exponent of violent jihad. Anwar al-Awlaki was, according to one of his followers, “the main man who translated jihad into English.” By the time he was killed by an American drone strike in 2011, he had become a spiritual leader for thousands of extremists, especially in the United States and Britain, where he aimed to make violent Islamism “as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea.” Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens draws on extensive research among al-Awlaki’s former colleagues, friends, and followers, including interviews with convicted terrorists, to explain how he established his network and why his message resonated with disaffected Muslims in the West. A native of New Mexico, al-Awlaki rose to prominence in 2001 as the imam of a Virginia mosque attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers. After leaving for Britain in 2002, he began delivering popular lectures and sermons that were increasingly radical and anti-Western. In 2004 he moved to Yemen, where he eventually joined al-Qaeda and oversaw numerous major international terrorist plots. Through live video broadcasts to Western mosques and universities, YouTube, magazines, and other media, he soon became the world’s foremost English-speaking recruiter for violent Islamism. One measure of his success is that he has been linked to about a quarter of Islamists convicted of terrorism-related offenses in the United States since 2007. Despite the extreme nature of these activities, Meleagrou-Hitchens argues that al-Awlaki’s strategy and tactics are best understood through traditional social-movement theory. With clarity and verve, he shows how violent fundamentalists are born.
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel write by Alexander Thurston. This book was released on 2020-10-29. Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel.
