Jihad in Saudi Arabia Violence and Pan-Islamism Since 1979

Name: Jihad in Saudi Arabia Violence and Pan-Islamism Since 1979
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ISBN: 9780521732369

ISBN-10: 0521732360

ISBN-13: 9780521732369

Edition: 2010

Authors: Thomas Hegghammer

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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.100



List of figures and tables


Acknowledgements


A note on conventions


Introduction



The politics of pan-Islamism


The rise of pan-Islamism


The Afghan jihad and the Saudi state


Pan-Islamist bidding games



The classical jihadists


Afghanistan, cradle of the jihadist movement


Jihad in Bosnia, the anticlimax


Tajikistan, Chechnya and the minor jihad fronts



Recruitment to the early jihad fronts


Hijazi domination


For the umma and the afterlife


Recruitment in the open



Opportunities for global jihad


From the Burayda intifada to the 1995 Riyadh bombing


Between police oppression and complacency


New pan-Islamist causes


The rise of the al-Shu'aybi school



Al-Qaida and Saudi Arabia


The global jihadists


The global jihadist doctrine and Saudi Arabia


Al-Qaida central


Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia



Recruitment to al-Qaida


Unemployment and 'Najdification'


Classical jihad exploited


Gatekeepers



Post-9/11 Saudi Arabia


New symbols of Muslim suffering


Al-Qaida's scholars


From soft to hard policing



The mujahidin on the Arabian Peninsula


Returning from Afghanistan


Al-Nashiri and al-Qaida's failed 2002 offensives


The al-Uyayri network


Launching the jihad



Recruitment to the QAP


Boys of Riyadh


The Afghanistan factor


Anti-Americanism and companionship


Persuasion, incrimination and protection



The failure of the jihad in Arabia


The aims of the QAP


Evolution of the campaign


Explaining the downfall of the QAP


Conclusion



Socio-economic data on Saudi militants



Chronology of Islamist violence in Saudi Arabia, 1979-2009


Bibliography


Index