Analysis Paper

20.500.12592/bsn8cw

Analysis Paper

15 Feb 2022

In the case of the Christian world, the references are to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Sermon on the Mount, the Law and the Prophets; and not to relations with other religious denominations, the problem of violence, the social dimension of religion or the role of women. [...] The same can be said of the Islamic world, where the answer is also gleaned from the analysis of the doctrinal body on the periphery of which the answers can be found. [...] In this way, the executors are not under the conviction that they are obeying Bin Laden but that they are obeying a divine mandate, which is sacred and therefore indisputable".11 In accordance with the purest Islamic tradition, the jihadist ideal, the model of the hero, is not that of the battle-hardened military man but that of the jurisconsult, because the path this figure cuts is presented thro. [...] THE RELIGIOUS BASIS OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE The word Salafism - an idea that is lost in the very early days of Islam - comes from the term Salaf al-Salifh, the Pious Ancestors, referring to the four Perfect Rashidun Caliphs, successors of the Prophet, Abu Bakr, Omar, Uthman and Ali and, more broadly, to the three generations to which they belong and who, because of their proximity to the Prophet, a. [...] CONCLUSIONS AND THREAT ASSESSMENT The emergence of a group like al-Qaeda - the result of the ebb of globalisation and endowed with solid doctrinal foundations, which are also the outcome of the review of Islamic tradition - has contributed to the dynamisation of a type of terrorism which, due to its novel nature, has been included under the "indigenous" name of jihadist.
jihadism, salafism, al qaeda, isis, terrorism

Authors

IEEE;Federic Aznar

Pages
19
Published in
Spain