- Salafism jihadism
Salafism jihadism (also Salafi jihadism) is a term coined by scholar
Gilles Kepel to describe the interest amongSalafi Muslims in violentjihad that he saw developing during the mid-1990s. Practicioners are often referred to as Salafi jihadis or Salafi jihadists.Whereas "Salafists originally are supposedly not violent," and the Salafis Kepel encountered in Europe in the 1980s were "totally apolitical", by the mid 1990s me met many who felt jihad in the form of "violence and terrorism were justified to realize their political objectives". The combination of
Salafi alienation from all things non-Muslim — including "mainstream European society" — and violent jihad created a "volatile mixture". [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/sala.html The Salafist movement by Bruce Livesey] ]"When you're in the state of such alienation you become easy prey to the jihadi guys who will feed you more savory propaganda than the old propaganda of the Salafists who tell you to pray, fast and who are not taking action." [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/sala.html The Salafist movement by Bruce Livesey] ] "Salafist jihadists" include the followers of
Al Qaeda and are now a "burgeoning presence in Europe, having attempted more than 30 terrorist attacks amongE.U. countries" from Septebmer 2001 to the beginning of 2005". [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/sala.html The Salafist movement by Bruce Livesey] ]Journalist Bruce Livesey estimates Salafi jihadists constitute less than 1 percent of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims. Antecedents of Salafism jihadism include Islamist scholar
Sayyid Qutb , the groupTakfir wal-Hirja who kidnapped and murdered an Egyptian ex-government minister in 1978.Activities
Murad Al-shishani of the Jamestown Foundation states there have been three generations of Salafi-jihadists: those waging jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq. As of the mid-00s, Arab fighters in Iraq were "the latest and most important development of the global Salafi-jihadi movement". [ [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369842 The Salafi-Jihadist Movement in Iraq: Recruitment Methods and Arab Volunteers By Murad Al-shishani] ] These fighters were usually not Iraqis, but volunteers who had come to Iraq from other countries, mainly
Saudi Arabia . Unlike in earlier Salafi jihadi actions "a significant constituency of Egyptians" was not among the volunteers. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369842 The Salafi-Jihadist Movement in Iraq: Recruitment Methods and Arab Volunteers By Murad Al-shishani] ]ources
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/sala.html The Salafist movement by Bruce Livesey]
* [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369842 The Salafi-Jihadist Movement in Iraq: Recruitment Methods and Arab Volunteers By Murad Al-shishani]ee also
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Salafi
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