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Arab / Islamic concept of intelligence in the case of Fatah paramilitary

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TLets499425

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Arab / Islamic concept of intelligence in the case of Fatah paramilitary

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Al-Asmari, Abdulaziz Abdullah

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Davies, P. J.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brunel University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Thesis (Ph.D.)

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2009

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This thesis provides a composite picture of the Islamic concept of intelligence traces the historical roots of Islamic intelligence activities and explains the (Ideological) relationship between the Islamic religion and the intelligence concept adhered to by modern Arab and Islamist paramilitary groups. Special reference is made to Fatah movement which has been taken up as a case study. The thesis shows that the two main sources of Islam (the Quran and the Sunnah) provided the regulative codes of practice towards intelligence activities. Prophet Muhammad's intelligence tradition offers the ideal model that the Arab / Islamic paramilitary groups emulate. Referring to the Islamic roots, the research seeks to point out that the hallmarks of the Islamic intelligence concept which emerged from the Quran and Prophet Mohammed's tradition, became the framework that accommodated 'Arab / Islamic modern paramilitary intelligence activities', such as Fatah's. The thesis uses the modern concept of the intelligence to identify the ancient activities and compares data process within the intelligence cycle. The range of activities is broad: clandestine collection, counterintelligence, analysis and dissemination, and covert action. It also introduces the Arab intelligence tradecraft such as the uses of safe houses, methods of communication, secrecy and concealments...etc. This thesis also aims to correct the perception that Arab intelligence concept developed after the emergence and expansion of the Islamic Empire.

Al-Asmari, Abdulaziz Abdullah

Davies, P. J.

Brunel University

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