Salafi-jihadists and the distant enemy
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Terrorism, Ideology, Salafi-Jihadis, Jihad, al QaedaAbstract
The reasons that lead a person to join a particular Salafi-Jihadi Group (SJG) are investigated in this paper. The author aims to understand the relationship between religious terrorism and Islamist ideology, and to this end, he proposes to study the concept of terrorism, the Salafi movement, Salafi-jihadis, the ideology of al Qaeda, and the attitude of that organization towards the USA. The hypothesis initially raised, that the ultimate reason for a person to join al Qaeda is their ideology, is confirmed. The ideological factor is the main reason for joining the global jihad undertaken by al Qaeda.
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