ISIS vs. al-Qaeda: the struggle for the soul of the jihadist movement
- Part V of our series on ISIS : "Blogforum 'Kalifat des Terrors: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf den Islamischen Staat". Since 2003, several organizations in the Arab world swore allegiance to Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaida and became part of what was been called “al-Qaeda’s affiliate network”. The emergence of al-Qaeda groups in Saudi Arabia 2003, Iraq 2004, Algeria 2007 and Yemen 2009 convinced many supporters and enemies that there was a truly global network of jihadist groups at work, commanded and controlled by the al-Qaeda leadership in Pakistan. However, the reality was a lot more complicated. Far from being subordinate to Osama Bin Laden and Aiman al-Zawahiri, these organizations were not willing to submit to al-Qaeda command and control. Their relationship with “al-Qaeda central” was rather an alliance between independent partners of different strength. Although the al-Qaeda leadership sometimes influenced decisions taken by the regional groupings, there are numerous examples of “affiliates” ignoring its advice even regarding strategic issues.
Author: | Guido Steinberg |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-367573 |
URL: | http://www.sicherheitspolitik-blog.de/2015/02/05/isis-vs-al-qaeda-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-the-jihadist-movement/ |
Parent Title (German): | sicherheitspolitik-blog.de |
Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
Document Type: | Report |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2015/02/05 |
Date of first Publication: | 2015/02/05 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2015/02/12 |
Tag: | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; Dschihadismus; IS; Irak; Islamischer Staat; Jihadi; Osama bin Laden; Syrien; Terrorismus; al-Qaida islamic state; jihad; terrorism |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 356495965 |
Institutes: | Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Gesellschaftswissenschaften |
Exzellenzcluster / Exzellenzcluster Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |