Exporting global jihad. Volume 1, Critical perspectives from Africa and Europe /

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'. As ISIS loses its footing in Syria and Iraq and al-Qaeda regroups this comprehensive account...

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Other Authors: Smith, Tom (Editor), Solomon, Hussein (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2020.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Examining the global linkages of African and European jihadists
  • 'Glocalized' jihad, political conflict, and conspiracy theorization across a fragmented Somalia
  • Global or local? Exploring the emergence and operation of a violent Islamist network in Kenya
  • Reflections on Islamist militancy in the Sahel
  • Jihad in Mali: Regional conditions, regional goals, global importance
  • Nigeria: The rise and 'fall' of Boko Haram
  • Libyan jihadism: From Gadhafi and tribalism to the Arab Spring and tribalism
  • Jihad and the United Kingdom
  • Confronting orientalism, colonialism and determinism: De-constructing contemporary French jihadism
  • Exporting jihad from the street-level groups in the Low Countries
  • Scandinavian jihad
  • The evolution of the jihad in Germany
  • Al-Andalus: The caliphate of Cordoba reimagined.