Algeria’s GIA: The First Major Armed Group to Fully Subordinate Jihadism to Salafism
In the mid-1990s, the world’s most successful jihadi group – the group that came closest to overthrowing an Arab regime – was Algeria’s Groupe islamique armé (Armed Islamic Group, GIA). Here I argue that the GIA was the first major armed group to prioritize adherence to Salafi theology over the jiha...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2017
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Islamic law and society
Jahr: 2017, Band: 24, Heft: 4, Seiten: 412-436 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In the mid-1990s, the world’s most successful jihadi group – the group that came closest to overthrowing an Arab regime – was Algeria’s Groupe islamique armé (Armed Islamic Group, GIA). Here I argue that the GIA was the first major armed group to prioritize adherence to Salafi theology over the jihadi strategic objective of building a “big tent.” The GIA used the vocabulary of Salafism to justify killing rivals and would-be allies and eventually turned against the Algerian population itself. In part one, I re-read GIA sources, particularly the group’s London-based newsletter Al-Anṣār, to show how the GIA sidelined potential allies in the name of purity. In parts two and three, I examine the effects of this approach. Through analysis of counter-texts by the GIA’s ideological and theological rivals, I demonstrate how their rejection of the GIA sharpened disagreements about what it meant to be a Salafi-jihadi. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5195 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Islamic law and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685195-00244P05 |
