Essays about: "al-qaeda"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the word al-qaeda.

  1. 1. The concept of civilians in terrorist thought : A multiple case study on the discourse of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Rebecca Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Terrorist Discourse; Civilians; Critical Discourse Analysis; Al-Qaeda; Islamic State;

    Abstract : Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, studies on Islamic terrorism and terrorist ideology dramatically increased. Although the term has been difficult to define, "terrorism" is commonly used to describe unlawful violence against civilians for political aims. READ MORE

  3. 2. STATING THE OBVIOUS? How do International Law theories on State and Belligerency recognition characterise the Islamic State?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victor Cato; [2020-04-30]
    Keywords : Statehood; the Montevideo Convention; Recognition; the Constitutive Theory; the Declaratory Theory; Recognition of Belligerency; the Islamic State; ISIS; IS;

    Abstract : The Islamic State has been described as one of the worst terrorist organisations in modern times. The United Nations Security Council has also put ISIS on the same terrorist resolution as al-Qaeda. READ MORE

  4. 3. How does othering in Abu Bakr Naji’s The Management of Savagery and Anders Breivik’s 2083 reveal what the two authors perceive as the main external threats to their own groups?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : James Graeme Miles Whitehead; [2020]
    Keywords : Othering; others; terrorism; takfiri; far right; Abu Bakr Naji; Anders Breivik; Al Qaeda; ISIS; Cultural Marxists; jihad;

    Abstract : Othering is central in the rhetoric of both Abu Bakr Naji and Anders Breivik throughout their works. Both authors use it as a device to drive a psychological wedge between the groups of ‘us’ and ‘them’. READ MORE

  5. 4. UNITED BY FAITH, DIVIDED BY …? A comparative content analysis on the splintering of the Islamic Terrorism Movement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Lidqvist; [2019-12-06]
    Keywords : al-Qaeda; Islamic State; Hamas; Terrorism; Militant Islamism; Fragmentation; Content Analysis;

    Abstract : Through a qualitative comparative content analysis, this thesis sets out to describe current splintering within the Islamist terrorist movement – a noteworthy change given previous intergroup tolerance. The comparison is made between al-Qaeda, Islamic State, and Hamas. READ MORE

  6. 5. Rebel Group Funding and Engagement in Rebel Governance: A Comparative Case Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Kai Koenemann; [2019]
    Keywords : Rebel Governance; Rebel Funding; Political Economy of War; Natural Resources; Crime Conflict; Taliban; GSPC; AQIM;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses an identified gap in the field of rebel governance and rebel funding, by theorizing and investigating how differences in rebel group funding sources affect a group’s engagement in rebel governance, distinguishing funding through natural resources from funding through non-natural resources. It is highlighted that these sources differ in three fundamental ways: their necessity for civilian labor and cooperation, the extent to which equipment, technology and infrastructure are required, and the expected time of pay-off. READ MORE