Tribes and global jihadism

by Collombier, Virginie Roy, Olivier

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Title Statements

Full title :Tribes and global jihadism / Virginie Collombier, Olivier Roy (Editors).

Summary

Across the Muslim world, from Iraq and Yemen, to Egypt and the Sahel, new alliances have been forged between the latest wave of violent Islamist groups -- including Islamic State and Boko Haram -- and local tribes. But can one now speak of a direct link between tribalism and jihadism, and how analytically useful might it be? Tribes are traditionally thought to resist all encroachments upon their sovereignty, whether by the state or other local actors, from below; yet by joining global organizations such as Islamic State, are they not rejecting the idea of the state from above? This triangular relationship is key to understanding instances of mass 'radicalization', when entire communities forge alliances with jihadi groups, for reasons of self-interest, self-preservation or religious fervor. If Algeria's FIS or Turkey's AKP once represented the 'Islamization of nationalism', have we now entered a new era, the 'tribalization of globalization'?

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 248 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0190864540, 9780190864545
oclc:ocn990964042
LC Classification:GN492.5
Dewey Decimal:301

Subjects

Al-Qaeda al-Qaida Arab States Arabische Staaten Beziehung Boko Haram Bündnis Djihad Ethnicité Ethnicity Guerre -- Aspect religieux Islam Islamic countries Islamic State Islamischer Staat Jihad Kamerun Nationalism Nationalisme Nigeria