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Jihad & co. : black markets and Islamist power / Aisha Ahmad.

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Public Safety Canada Library

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Jihad and company

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Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource.

Summary

The rise of militant jihadist groups is one of the greatest international security crises in the world today. In civil wars across the modern Muslim world, Islamist groups have emerged out of the ashes, surged dramatically to power, and routed their rivals on the battlefield.

Subject

Online Access

Contents

Cover; Half title; Jihad & Co.; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mosques and Markets; 2. Black Flags in the Bazaar: The Making ofModern Islamist Proto- States; 3. Mafia and Mujahideen: Trafficking and TrustBuilding under Soviet Occupation; 4. Traders and Taliban: Business Interestsand Islamist Power in Afghanistan; 5. Beards for Business: The Origins and Evolutionof the Mogadishu Mafia; 6. The Price of Protection: The Rise of the Islamic Courts Union; 7. The Blowback Effect: International Interventionand the Collapse of the Proto- State
8. The Proto- State Goes Global: Business- Islamist Alliancesacross the Muslim World9. Rising from the Ashes: The Dilemma of ModernJihadist Proto- State Formation; Appendix: Methodology and Field Research; Notes; Index

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