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Al-Qaeda legacy, Muslim Jihad - Coggle Diagram
Al-Qaeda legacy
Jihadi terrorism became a Western nightmare 15 years ago when al-Qaeda surprised the world by knocking down the Twin Towers
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Al-Qaeda’s rise led many terrorist groups in Africa and Asia to copy the group’s rhetoric and strategies
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That latter war, clumsily executed by the United States, spawned the next Western terrorist nightmare: Islamic State (IS)
There was a time a few years ago when Yemen was seen as an example of a country capable of containing and defeating al-Qaeda fanatics
Even if the three-party negotiation on Syria were succeed, it seems unlikely that the country could revert to a pre-war situation
Iraq was the cradle of IS; the Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda evolved into Islamic State. The sectarian violence that exploded during the American occupation
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Muslim Jihad
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Example: young man who had joined the fight in Syria for the caliph directly from Trinidad and To-bago.
success of the caliphate’s propaganda lies precisely in its capacity to generalise and globalise its message
context: vast inequality, violence, corruption
message resonates with young people looking for a possibility of redemption (goes beyond the Muslim ideals)
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The West is the origin and cause of the unbalanced and unjust international economic and financial regime that relies on exploiting third-world populations and perpetuating global inequality.
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negative stereotype of the Arab world that has compromised the image and perception of Middle Eastern countries