ʿAbdallāh ʿAzzām and Palestine

ʿAbdallāh ʿAzzām (1941–1989) helped make jihadism more transnational by spearheading the effort to bring Muslim foreign fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s. But why would a West Bank native devote himself to a war in Central Asia and not to the Palestinian struggle? In order to understand ʿAzzām’s...

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Main Author: Hegghammer, Thomas 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2013, Volume: 53, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 353-387
Further subjects:B Palestine Israel Afghanistan ʿulamāʾ jihad Islamism transnationalism nationalism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)