Al Shabaab in Somalia
The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005-2012
Published on 26. March 2013
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-231-70398-7 (ISBN)
Description
Harakat Al Shabaab is Somalia's infamous though under-researched militant Islamist group. An offshoot of the Islamic Courts Union, the organization seeks to impose Sharia law across the country, has been linked to acts of maritime piracy, and was until recently the de facto rulers of the land. Along with the group's international connections to Al Qaeda and other Islamist networks, Harakat Al Shabaab is heavily involved in local clan structures. Combining intensive field research with interviews of Shabaab leaders, this volume builds a history of the organization while critically analyzing the roots of its resilency.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-70398-7 (9780231703987)
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Stig Jarle Hansen is an associate professor of international relations and head of the International Relations Department at the University of Life Science, Norway. He specializes in the geopolitics of the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, as well as war economies and the links between religion and politics. His research has been published in such journals as the The Review of African Political Economy and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and he frequently appears as a commentator for the BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, and China's Channel 4. Hansen is coeditor of The Borders of Islam: Exploring Samuel Huntington's Faultlines, from Al-Andalus to the Virtual Ummah.