THE HORN OF AFRICA AND ISMALIC RADICALISM
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Accepted
28 March 2026
Available Online
15 August 2016
Abstract
CUSTOMARY IDENTITY VS. ISLAM, RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM VS. ISLAMIC RADICALISM, DEMOCRACY VS. MILITANCY, WAR VS. INSURGENCY, AND DEMOCRACY VS. AUTHORITARIANISM – THE EAST AFRICAN SPACE IS CURRENTLY THE SCENE OF STRONG INTERACTIONS, VIOLENT CONFLICT, BOLD FOREIGN POLICIES, AND TENACIOUS ECONOMIC INTERESTS. THE GROWTH OF THE RADICAL ISLAM IN EAST AFRICA IN THE LAST DECADES WAS MANIFESTED THROUGH THE SPREAD OF THE SALAFI AND WAHHABI CLERICS, WHICH HAVE PUT PRESSURE ON THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, AS WELL AS BY THE EME RGENCE OF EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM GROUPS INFLUENCED BY THESE IDEOLOGIES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RADICAL ISLAM IS DUE TO THE CONFLUENCE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FACTORS OF SOCIO -POLITICAL, SPECIFIC TO THE EAST AFRICA REGION. MOTIVATED BY A RADICAL INTERPRETATIO N OF THE ISLAMIC LAW, THE JIHADIST IDEOLOGY WILL REPRESENT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND PERSISTENCE OF THE THREAT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE MUSLIM AS WELL AS THE WESTERN SOCIETIES AND GLOBALIZATION WILL ACCELERATE THE SPREAD OF THIS IDEOLOGY TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS. THE MOST EFFECTIVE BARRIERS AGAINST THE INGRESS OF TERRORISTS AND RADICAL IDEOLOGIES IN THE REGION ARE NOT ONLY APPLICATIONS OF MILITARY FORCE, BUT ALSO CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE MUSLIMS FROM EAST AFRICA. AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTI ON IN THE LONG TERM WOULD REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS WHICH MAKE THIS REGION,
Keywords
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
ISLAMIC RADICALISM
EAST AFRICA
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