Where have all the jihadists gone? : the rise and mysterious fall of militant Islamist movements in Libya

Zusammenfassung: Prevailing approaches to understanding Islamist mobilisation struggle to explain why militant Islamist movements in Libya initially spread rapidly after 2011 and then disappeared almost overnight. Their decline poses a puzzle for conventional analyses. Tactical choices, such as the search for protection or allies, fuelled both the rise and fall of militant Islamists. The tactical options that were in fact considered by conflict actors were also determined by social factors, such as relationships of trust they maintained and the social acceptance they enjoyed. The short-lived flourishing of militant Islamist movements can be under­stood as a fashion, among other things. Protagonists sought to socially demarcate themselves or to conform by superficially adopting Islamist rhetoric and aesthetics and then discarding them again. Analysing the dramatic decline of militant Islamist movements helps to understand the full range of motivations fuelling their rise. Social recog­nition has so far been overlooked as a motivation for armed mobilisation. The Libyan case shows that labels such as “Islamists” and “jihadists” need to be treated with extreme caution, particularly in the context of ongoing conflicts. External actors should first recognise that conflict parties deliberately misuse such categories, and second they should develop a precise understanding of the social environment in which militant Islamist movements operate

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Sag mir, wo die Jihadisten sind
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (27 Seiten)
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: "English version of SWP-Studie 18/2024" ; Gesehen am 24.06.2024

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: SWP research paper / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik ; 2024, 10 (June 2024) ; SWP research paper ; 2024, 10 (June 2024)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik ; Andere Religionen
• Schlagwort: Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Gegner ; Politischer Islam ; Dschihadismus ; Militanz ; Islam ; Terrorist ; Djihad ; Politische Mobilisierung ; Intensivierung ; Erhöhung ; Ursache ; Soziales Feld ; Einflussgröße ; Libyen

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Berlin
• (wer): SWP
• (wann): [June 2024]
• Urheber: Lacher, Wolfram
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.18449/2024RP10
• Handle: 10419/299228
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2407251040076.155714924508
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:52 MESZ