5/21/2023 0 Comments Salafi-Jihadism by Shiraz Maher![]() What emerges is the story of a pragmatic but resilient warrior doctrine that often struggles - as so many utopian ideologies do - to consolidate the idealism of theory with the reality of practice. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990s and the 9/11 wars. As the Levant has imploded and millenarian radicals claim to have revived a Caliphate based on the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, the need for a nuanced and accurate understanding of jihadist beliefs has never been greater. ![]() While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. ![]() No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the specter of global jihadism. ![]()
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