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Jihad in Saudi Arabia : violence and pan-Islamism since 1979 /

"Saudi Arabia, homeland of Osama bin Laden and many 9/11 hijackers, is widely considered to be the heartland of radical Islamism. For decades, the conservative and oil-rich kingdom contributed recruits, ideologues and money to jihadi groups worldwide. Yet Islamism within Saudi Arabia itself rem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hegghammer, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge Middle East studies ; 33.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The politics of pan-Islamism. The rise of pan-Islamism ; The Afghan jihad and the Saudi state ; Pan-Islamist bidding games
  • The classical jihadists. Afghanistan, cradle of the jihadist movement ; Jihad in Bosnia, the anticlimax ; Tajikistan, Chechnya and the minor jihad fronts
  • Recruitment to the early jihad fronts. Hijazi domination ; For the umma and the afterlife ; Recruitment in the open
  • Opportunities for global jihad. From the Burayda intifada to the 1995 Riyadh bombing ; Between police oppression and complacency ; New pan-Islamist causes ; The rise of the al-Shu'aybi school
  • Al-Qaida and Saudi Arabia. The global jihadists ; The global jihadist doctrine and Saudi Arabia ; Al-Qaida central ; Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia
  • Recruitment to al-Qaida. Unemployment and "Najdification' ; Classical jihad exploited ; Gatekeepers
  • Post-9/11 Saudi Arabia. New symbols of Muslim suffering ; Al-Qaida's scholars ; From soft to hard policing
  • The Mujahidin on the Arabian Peninsula. Returning from Afghanistan ; Al-Nashiri and al-Qaida's failed 2002 offensives ; The al-Uyayri network ; Launching the jihad
  • Recruitment to the QAP. Boys of Riyadh ; The Afghanistan factor ; Anti-Americanism and companionship ; Persuasion, incrimination and protection
  • The failure of the jihad in Arabia. The aims of QAP ; Evolution of the campaign ; Explaining the downfall of the QAP
  • Conclusion.