Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology
This research studies the deriving ideology and directions of al-Shabaab movement. The organization constitutes obdurate and dogmatic elements and individuals of originally Somali’s Salafi movements. The initial findings of this research are that al-Shabaab’s ideology must have originated outside...
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| description | This research studies the deriving ideology and directions of al-Shabaab movement. The organization
constitutes obdurate and dogmatic elements and individuals of originally Somali’s Salafi movements.
The initial findings of this research are that al-Shabaab’s ideology must have originated outside
Somalia. The key objective of this research is to investigate al-Shabaab’s political ideology and its
structural leadership, to assess the ideological relationship between al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda, to
comprehend the political future of the group and to ascertain their political and theological
ideologies. The research therefore investigates the leadership structure of al-Shabaab and its
organizational settings. The methodology of this research, partly, involved collecting field data in a
form of informal interviews and surveys, but it is mainly an analytical and evaluative approach. My
findings indicate that al-Shabaab operate in a flexible multiple cells organizational leadership
structure whose components are independent. |
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| spelling | iium-296782013-06-11T07:10:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29678/ Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology Shuriye, Abdi Omar BL Religion JA Political science (General) This research studies the deriving ideology and directions of al-Shabaab movement. The organization constitutes obdurate and dogmatic elements and individuals of originally Somali’s Salafi movements. The initial findings of this research are that al-Shabaab’s ideology must have originated outside Somalia. The key objective of this research is to investigate al-Shabaab’s political ideology and its structural leadership, to assess the ideological relationship between al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda, to comprehend the political future of the group and to ascertain their political and theological ideologies. The research therefore investigates the leadership structure of al-Shabaab and its organizational settings. The methodology of this research, partly, involved collecting field data in a form of informal interviews and surveys, but it is mainly an analytical and evaluative approach. My findings indicate that al-Shabaab operate in a flexible multiple cells organizational leadership structure whose components are independent. SAVAP International 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29678/1/al-Shabab-_Academic_Research_International-January_20122012%282.1-32%29.pdf Shuriye, Abdi Omar (2012) Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology. Academic Research International (ARInt.), 2 (1). pp. 274-285. ISSN 2223-9553 (O), 2223-9944 (P) http://www.savap.org.pk/journals/ARInt./Vol.2(1)/2012(2.1-32).pdf |
| spellingShingle | BL Religion JA Political science (General) Shuriye, Abdi Omar Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| title | Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| title_full | Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| title_fullStr | Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| title_short | Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| title_sort | al-shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology |
| topic | BL Religion JA Political science (General) |
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