عنوان

The Death of Global Jihad: The Origin and Reality of Islamic Terrorism

Number

TL48147

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Death of Global Jihad: The Origin and Reality of Islamic Terrorism

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

David C. Gardiner

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Krosby, H. Peter; Kizenko, Nadiezda

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York at Albany

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

122

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-60144-2

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

History

Body granting the degree

State University of New York at Albany

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorism has been propagated as a seemingly unavoidable threat to our daily lives. However, the globally oriented anti-Western jihad movement peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s and has since been in decline. Across much of Africa and the Middle East, fringe groups have used Islam as a rallying cry to attract supporters who might otherwise dismiss their rather extreme tactics. Many of these groups claim to adhere to al Qaeda's brand of global terror, but they do so largely to obtain financing and support for their individual nationalist agendas. The vast majority of Muslims worldwide are increasingly rejecting violent terrorist tactics in favor of peace, or in the case of many of the Arab Spring revolutions, sometimes violence is simply the means for the end goal of democracy and secularization.
This thesis aims to address the origins of Islamic terrorism by looking at several major incursions into the Islamic world and how those incursions fostered an ever-present, though largely dormant undercurrent of extremism among Muslims. The history of these incursions as they relate to extremism is followed by an assessment of the threat posed by terrorist networks to the West using open sources such as jihadist press releases and declassified government documents

Religious history; Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies; Modern history

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Al Qaeda;Jihad;Terrorism

Casewit, Yousef Alexander

Krosby, H. Peter; Kizenko, Nadiezda

Subdivision

History

State University of New York at Albany

Call Number

1661480139; 1584879

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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