POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Salafi Jihadism, Houri, Al-Qaeda
26 Apr 2019
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Somalia: moghadam (2009) points to the spread of salafi jihadist ideology and the evolution of al- Qaeda to explain the proliferation of suicide bombing: al qaeda"s key strategy in iraq. Increasingly targeted muslims: moghadam argues that foreign military occupation is not the only key variable that affects suicide bombing. It happens in countries without foreign military occupation: perpetrated by radicalized muslims but also target civilian muslims. Mar 19, 2018: salafi jihadist ideology alone does not explain suicide bombing, but it is a critical, largely under-theorized factor. Ideology, taken on its own merits, as a causal factor: salafist ideology legitimizes attacking civilians, incl. Philippines: map: high profile al-qaeda attacks in 1998, us embassy in nairobi, kenya; and same day in dar-es-salam, tanzania. Al-qaeda"s franchising strategy: since 9/11, the us has sought to destroy al-qaeda"s main bases in pakistan and. Afghanistan, including killing bin laden in 2011 in pakistan: some new branches are set up by al-qaeda operatives (example: al-qaeda in the.
