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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810972303321

Autore

Hellmich Christina <1978->

Titolo

Al-Qaeda : from global network to local franchise / / Christina Hellmich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21840-5

1-84813-911-X

1-283-23861-6

9786613238610

1-84813-910-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Rebels

Disciplina

303.62509

973.931

Soggetti

Terrorism - Middle East

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

Terrorism - Prevention

Political science & theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9/11 and the anxious search for answers -- What is al-Qaeda? From Afghanistan to 9/11 -- Hypocrites, Wahhabis and Salafi jihadis: post-9/11 explanations of al-Qaeda's ideology -- Reclaiming the umma: the ideology of al-Qaeda in the context of the pan-Islamic tradition -- Al-Qaeda post-9/11: destroyed, weakened or re-emergent? -- The future of al-Qaeda.

Sommario/riassunto

"Christina Hellmich forensically examines the most authoritative sources on which the present understanding of al-Qaeda relies, examining the discrepancies between what is reported and what can realistically be known"--Publisher.