The Involvement of Salafism/Wahhabism in the Support and Supply of Arms to Rebel Groups around the World
Study
11-06-2013
The war in Afghanistan is undoubtedly a key moment in the emergence of an armed rebellion in the Muslim world. The impact of this conflict quickly exceeded the borders of Afghanistan to extend Pakistan. Since then, the Iraq war, the civil war that engulfed Syria and the armed conflict in the Sahel have helped to increase guerrillas in the Muslim world. This study aims to analyze the role of the Salafi / Wahhabi networks in financing and arming rebel groups.
Study
External author
Claude MONIQUET (European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center - ESISC, Belgium)
About this document
Publication type
Policy area
Keyword
- Africa
- arms supply
- Asia and Oceania
- civil war
- culture and religion
- defence
- economic geography
- FINANCE
- financing
- financing and investment
- GEOGRAPHY
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Islam
- North Africa
- political geography
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- Qatar
- religious fundamentalism
- Sahel
- Saudi Arabia
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- South-East Asia
- Syria
- terrorism