THE MUSLIM RADICALISM WITHIN THE AFRICAN SPACE
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Accepted
28 March 2026
Available Online
15 July 2015
Abstract
ONE OF THE KEY -PHENOMENONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA, THE MUSLIM RADICALISM HAS AS THE MAIN VALENCE THE HIGH DEGREE OF THREAT FOR BOTH THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THE MUSLIM ONES. THE MIXTURE BETWEEN THE RADICAL IDEOLOGY, THE MIGRATION, THE INTERNET GIVES BIRTH AND HELPS DEVELOP THE ”TERRORIST REGIONAL CELLS” THAT THREAT THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. DESPITE THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF SOME SPACES DURING THE BIPOLAR PERIOD, THE END OF THE COLD WAR ALLOWED THE ASIAN VECTORS TO ENTER THE AFRICAN SPACE AND THE ISLAM TO REORGANIZE AND THINK OF THE CONQUERING AND /OR KEEPING CONTROL OVER SOME TERRITORIES, THE MOST ELOQUENT CASE BEING SOMALIA, TO START ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING CENTERS OF INDOCT RINATION, OF MILITARY TRAINING IN A QUASI - GOVERNMENTAL MANNER, FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY MUSLIM ENTITIES. THE BOKO HARAM IS A THREAT TO THE POPULATION AND THE NIGERIAN STATE AND ITS NEIGHBORS; THE ISLAMIC NORTH CONSIDERS THE CHRISTIAN SOUTH AS ADVANTAGED AN D DEMAND FOR A RADICAL CHANGE, ON THE BACKGROUND OF CONTESTING THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION, AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THE NIGERIAN STATE, DEMANDING A ”PURELY ISLAMIC” REGIME. THE BOKO HARAM DEMANDS HAVE SOME ”HARD CORE”: THE NORTH IS POOR AND CORRUPT, THE ADMINISTRATION IS BARELY NOTICEABLE.
Keywords
THE MUSLIM RADICALISM
AFRICAN SPACE
”TERRORIST REGIONAL CELLS”
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