PSC 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Takfiri, Salafi Movement, Islamic Democracy
28 Aug 2016
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Al qaeda connections: saudi: aqap, egyptian: al-jihad (az-zawahiri, palestinian: hamas (yussef azzam, mak: the base for services. Indonesian: jamaat al islami: american: al kifah. Inclusive ideological organization, accepting several brands of islamism. Now more in the form of a social movement: using social movement to mobilize activists. Today seems to be overshadowed by the islamic state. Some american agents have been in contact al-qaeda to discuss how isis can be contained. Remains main international organization, merging several international trends, ie takfirism, jihadism, etc. Every nation will include discussion of islamism in general to understand connection between al qaeda and local nationalist organizations. In saudi arabia, there were old salafis vs new salafis. M. atif: mastermind for all al-qaeda operations: jamaat al-islamiya. Salafism/textualists: prerevolutionary government in egypt was interested in isolating muslim brotherhood, supporting salafism as opposition force, education, invitation, propaganda, since 2011 salafism has been rising in power because became more interested in politics, al-nour.
