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Author Hansen, Stig Jarle.

Title Al-Shabaab in Somalia : the history and ideology of a militant Islamist group, 2005-2012 / Stig Jarle Hansen
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (376 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Chronology; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the Stage: The Resurgence of Religion in Somalia; 3. Origins; 4. The First Expansive Phase, 2005-06: In the Shadow of the Courts; 5. Phoenix from the Ashes: Insurgency (2007-08); 6. The Golden Age of Al-Shabaab (2009-10); 7. The Era of Troubles (2010- ); 8. Lose Some, Win Some?; 9. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Since early 2007 a new breed of combatants has appeared on the streets of Mogadishu and other towns in Somalia: the 'Shabaab', or youth, the only self-proclaimed branch of al-Qaeda to have gained acceptance (and praise) from Ayman al-Zawahiri and 'AQ centre' in Afghanistan. Itself an offshoot of the Islamic Courts Union, which split in 2006, Shabaab has imposed Sharia law and is also heavily influenced by local clan structures within Somalia itself."--Provided by publisher
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed on October 1, 2013)
Subject Shabaab (Organization)
SUBJECT Shabaab (Organization) fast
Subject Insurgency -- Somalia -- History -- 21st century
Terrorism -- Somalia -- History -- 21st century
Islam and politics -- Somalia -- History
Islamic fundamentalism -- Somalia -- History
HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
Insurgency
Islam and politics
Islamic fundamentalism
Terrorism
Somalia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199365302
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0199365423
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