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Le jihadisme comporte toujours une dimension apocalyptique. La Fin des Temps ouvrant à la conquête définitive du monde par l'extension du Dar al-islam, passe par la venue d'un Messie politique qui vaincra l'Antéchrist incarné par un juif, dont tous les disciples sont aussi des juifs.Le jihadisme est inséparable d'un montage mental et psychique qui suscite un noyau archaïque de Violence et de Mort. Les paradis offerts par la Mort en Guerrier dans le nom de Dieu sont ceux de la Jouissance absolue.Le judaïsme talmudique, celui auquel s'oppose le Coran médinois, semble être l'antithèse absolu du montage des jouissances jihadistes.Les textes originels ont été interprétés par un des deux courants de l'islam dans une version d'héroïsation, de légitimation et de sacralisation de ce noyau originaire de destructivité. Dès leur origine, la figure du Juif représente donc le point critique qu'il s'agit d'éradiquer aussi bien métaphysiquement que dans sa réalité.Les processus d'adhésion ne conduisent pas nécessairement à une addiction à la jouissance archaïque absolue. De nombreux radicalisés en France sont plutôt des infra-jihadistes pris dans la recherche d'une vindicte restaurant leur narcissisme blessé. Leur engagement dans la restauration de la Gloire de Dieu leur fait espérer une plénitude identitaire rétablissant un sentiment de musulmanité glorieuse.A ce niveau, la Haine-du-Juif inhérente à la lecture radicale du Coran et des Hadiths se trouve potentialisée par les discours complotistes-antisémites, véhiculées par les réseaux sociaux et certaines prêches.Notre recherche se poursuivra autour d'une analyse des processus narratifs inhérents aux textes eux-mêmes. / Jihadism always has an apocalyptic dimension. The End of Time opening to the final conquest of the world by the extension of the Dar al-islam, through the advent of a political Messiah who will defeat the Antichrist, incarnated by a Jew, of which all followers are also Jewish.Jihadism is inseparable from a mental and psychic assembly that creates an archaic nucleus of Violence and Death. Paradise offered by the Warrior of Death in the name of God is that of absolute pleasure.Judaism under Rabbinic and Talmudic expressions, the one the Koran of Medina is violently opposed to, seems to be the absolute antithesis of the jihadist idea of enjoyment.The original texts have been interpreted in one of the two branches of islam in a heroic, legitimate and sacred version in this original nucleus of destructiveness. Ever since the beginning of time, the figure of the Jew represents the critical point and it is to be eradicated both physically and mentally.The accession process do not necessarily lead to an addiction to archaic absolute enjoyment. Many radicalized in France are rather infra-jihadists caught in the search of restoring vindictiveness narcissism, even though they are hurt. Their commitment on the path to restoring the glory of God is their hope for a true identity restoring a sense of fulness in the Muslim religion.At this level, the feeling of Hate-the-Jew inherent in radical interpretation of the Koran and the Hadith is potentiated by the many complotistes and anti-Semitic speeches, carried on by social networks and sermons.Our research will continue to have a grip on the analysis narrative processes in texts themselves.

This thesis examines the main domestic security issues of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the impact of their securitization processes on the domestic and regional security policies of these countries in the post-Soviet era. Two outstanding issues that have been securitized in these countries, separatism and ethnic conflict for Kazakhstan and radical Islam for Uzbekistan, are scrutinized in detail with a comparative analysis. This thesis argues that Kazakh and Uzbek leaders, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Islam Karimov, as the main securitizing actors in their countries have securitized the above-mentioned issues for certain political objectives in the chaotic order of the post-Cold War era. However, these securitization processes for both of these countries have become an obstacle to find permanent solutions to their domestic security problems and develop more effective security policies at the regional level. Kazakh and Uzbek leaders should renounce manipulating these problems and produce more comprehensive policies by paying equal attention to all other problems of their countries. In addition, Astana and Tashkent should try to ensure regional security rather than overemphasizing domestic one(s) if the aim is to benefit from an effective regional integration on Central Asian security. Contrary to the most of existing studies on the subject, the thesis argues that Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are accepted as the active players that could contribute to the solution of their own security problems to a great extent, rather than being passive subjects of the &ldquo / New Great Game&rdquo / played among major actors.

The thesis analyzes the conditions that gave rise to Hizb ut-Tahrir, a secretive international radical islamic movement, in post Soviet Uzbekistan. For this purpose, political, economic and socio-cultural conditions and the general characteristics of Hizb ut-Tahrir is examined by the help of historical background and content analysis. It is argued that the emergence of Hizb ut-Tahrir in post Soviet Uzbekistan as a result of interaction of political, economic and socio-cultural conditions in this country.

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The objective of this study is to investigate trends in international terrorism since the end of the Cold War, including those identified as “new” terrorism and to determine to what extent these are applicable to the Al-Qaeda movement. To achieve this aim, the study focused on aspects such as the origin and development of new terrorism; the differences and resemblances between traditional and new terrorism; the historical development of international terrorism; the effect of the end of the Cold War on terrorism; and factors impacting on contemporary terrorism. An analysis of the Al-Qaeda movement was done with respect to its motivation, ideology, transnational character, target selection, operational strategy and tactics, and its desire to use non-conventional weapons. The intention was to identify aspects which may indicate whether the movement serves as a model of the characteristics identified by certain authors as a new terrorism. Case studies of the most important terrorist incidents linked to Al-Qaeda, including the September 11 attacks on the US, are included. The study demonstrates that the nature of terrorism as an instrument to obtain political objectives has evolved but, at the same time, it has retained most of its essential characteristics. An investigation of the characteristics of traditional and new terrorism confirmed this conclusion, as well as that a differentiation between these types of terrorism is mostly a matter of perspective. Another finding of the study is that terrorist campaigns have rarely obtained their strategic goals but that it nevertheless remains a popular strategy aimed at effecting desired political change. The study furthermore confirms that terrorist groups do not operate in a vacuum but are influenced by the existing political, socio-economic and cultural environments. As such the end of the Cold War has caused specific changes in the international system which facilitated the rise of a movement like Al-Qaeda and which enabled it to function at a global level. The usefulness of the study lies in the clarification of the concepts of traditional and new terrorism; its indication of the evolving of motivations and strategies applied by terrorist organisations; and in the findings about the current campaign of the Al-Qaeda movement. Copyright 2007, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Bester, F 2007, New trends in contemporary international and transnational terrorism as manifested in the Al-Qaeda movement, MSS dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04112008-125925/ > / Dissertation (MSS)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Political Sciences / unrestricted

The shari‘a, or the inherited legal tradition, has tended to dominate discussions of contemporary Islam. Relatively little attention has been given to the Qur’an, however, despite its importance both in terms of Muslim theology, in which it is understood as the actual Word of God, and of Islamic reformist thought. Far from being marginal, the Qur’an has emerged as a rich resource for theological reflection and sociopolitical action. Specifically, it has become a source of empowerment, speaking to contexts of oppression. This thesis examines the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have expounded the Qur’an as a liberating text – namely, the South African Farid Esack (b. 1956), the Indian Asghar Ali Engineer (b. 1939), the American Amina Wadud (b. 1952) and the Pakistani Asma Barlas (b. 1950) – supplemented by in-depth interviews. In so doing, this study seeks (i) to fill a major gap in the literature by offering the first comprehensive survey and analysis of their readings and (ii) to challenge common portrayals of justice-based exegesis as being an obscure, fundamentalist scripturalism; as being rooted in North America; and as being focussed primarily, even exclusively, on gendered oppression. Indeed, the centring of the Qur’an in Islamic thought, I argue, is an increasingly mainstream practice – a global hermeneutic – as Muslims throughout the world seek answers in scripture to the pressing problems of the present. Furthermore, justice-based exegesis has been holistic, addressing (in addition to patriarchy) poverty and racism, communal violence and imperialism. Liberationist and women’s readings are significant, I conclude, for two reasons. Firstly, they shed new insights into the rise of ‘thematic commentary’ (tafsir mawdu‘i) in Qur’anic exegesis. Secondly, their expressly political character exposes the hegemony of Islamism over our understanding of ‘the political’ and ‘the radical’ in an Islamic context, thereby forcing us to redefine political and radical Islam.

The thesis offers a comparison of integration of Muslims and approaches toward radical Islam in three countries: Germany, France, and Sweden. These three countries used to represent three main integration types. The thesis argue that these three types do not longer exist and tries to verify convergence hypothesis. This is done by the analysis of particular selected aspects of integration of Muslims and counter-radicalization and counter-terrorism measures related to radical Islam in every examined country. The thesis further evaluates the effectiveness of integration and counter-radicalization approaches in selected countries and indicates which country appears to be the most effective based on selected criteria. Based on the analysis of individual countries, the thesis assumes which integration and counter-radicalization approaches or their combination toward Muslims might be the most effective.