Islamic Fundamentalists in Algeria and Europe
Publisher
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Editions 1
Parution date
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2002
EAN
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9782846120722
Description
Since its independence from France, Algeria has been confronted by Islamic militants who saw in this newly freed nation an opportunity to create the Islamic state they had always dreamed of. It is only since the beginning of the 1990’s however that Algeria has seen a staunch increase in violent acts of terror. Since that time, thousands of innocent civilians, journalists and writers have been killed and continue to be killed by members of those fundamentalist groups. Hassane Zerrouky, renowned investigative journalist and specialist in Islamic terrorism, spent several years studying these Algerian cells and their networks around the world. A product of those years of research, La Nébuleuse Islamiste reveals to us the intricate mechanisms of these sprawling organizations: their weapons, financial backing, banking, religious foundations, key players and active cells. Not only does Zerrouky show how those cells developed and thrived in a country impoverished after colonization, but also how successive governments dealt with the problem: the extent to which the Algerian cells are connected to European cells and also to the Ben Laden network is sobering. La Nébuleuse Islamiste is an indispensable book on how Algeria became a base for Islamic fundamentalists from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, North Africa, Europe, Asia and beyond. It is an essential tool helping us understand their activities outside the United States and Afghanistan.
Author
Hassane Zerrouky : A specialist of Islamic terrorism and foreign correspondent in Algeria for the famous French news radio station, RTL, for many years, Hassane Zerrouky is a journalist at the Matin d’Alger and L”Humanité. La Nébuleuse Islamiste is his first book.
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