The purpose of this paper is to explore the origins,objectives,ideology,motivation,leadership structure,targets,strategies,tactics,and future of Al Qaeda.The past nearly two decades have seen the degrading,destruction...The purpose of this paper is to explore the origins,objectives,ideology,motivation,leadership structure,targets,strategies,tactics,and future of Al Qaeda.The past nearly two decades have seen the degrading,destruction,and dispersing of Al Qaeda across the Middle East and Africa but it still exists.Since 9/11 and the demise of Osama Bin Laden Al Qaeda has quietly worked at rebuilding itself across the globe using a franchising or licensing of affiliates across dozens of nations.So,it is essential that the study and analysis of this organization continue,so that it is finally destroyed and its ideas discredited and dismissed.展开更多
From the beginnings of Wahabism in the 18th century to the so called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant （ISIL, ISIS） violence has occasionally been justified in the name of Islam, which is problematic for secular ...From the beginnings of Wahabism in the 18th century to the so called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant （ISIL, ISIS） violence has occasionally been justified in the name of Islam, which is problematic for secular and traditional scholars alike. This paper demonstrates that there are three complex, interrelated causes for this violence： foreign military intervention, Salafi-Jihadism and a utopian state founded upon faith and justice, i.e. a caliphate.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this paper is to explore the origins,objectives,ideology,motivation,leadership structure,targets,strategies,tactics,and future of Al Qaeda.The past nearly two decades have seen the degrading,destruction,and dispersing of Al Qaeda across the Middle East and Africa but it still exists.Since 9/11 and the demise of Osama Bin Laden Al Qaeda has quietly worked at rebuilding itself across the globe using a franchising or licensing of affiliates across dozens of nations.So,it is essential that the study and analysis of this organization continue,so that it is finally destroyed and its ideas discredited and dismissed.
文摘From the beginnings of Wahabism in the 18th century to the so called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant （ISIL, ISIS） violence has occasionally been justified in the name of Islam, which is problematic for secular and traditional scholars alike. This paper demonstrates that there are three complex, interrelated causes for this violence： foreign military intervention, Salafi-Jihadism and a utopian state founded upon faith and justice, i.e. a caliphate.
