41. Self Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qa'ida and its Periphery
- Author:
- Anne Stenersen, Bernard Haykel, Brynjar Lia, Marc Lynch, Mohammed Hafez, Reuven Paz, Steven Brooke, and Vahid Brown
- Publication Date:
- 12-2010
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
- Abstract:
- Self‐Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al‐Qa’ida and its Periphery examines the internal, or endogenous, reasons that have hastened the decline of the jihadi movement. In doing so, it exposes the jihadi movement, with al‐Qa’ida at its helm, as one that lacks coherence and unity, despite its claims to the contrary. The report divides the jihadis’ endogenous problems into two categories: internal divisions plaguing al‐Qa’ida and the jihadi movement proper; and fault lines dividing the jihadi movement from other Muslim and Islamist actors.
- Topic:
- Terrorism, Military Strategy, Al Qaeda, Ideology, and Muslim Brotherhood
- Political Geography:
- Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine, Egypt, and Arabian Peninsula