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Periodical article |
Title: | Islamic Militancy in East Africa |
Author: | Haynes, Jeffrey |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | Third World Quarterly |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 8 |
Period: | November |
Pages: | 1321-1339 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Kenya Tanzania Uganda |
Subjects: | Politics and Government Religion and Witchcraft Law, Human Rights and Violence |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4017717 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the relative political significance of domestic and transnational Islamic militancy in three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It seeks to identify, describe and account for the sources and significance of such militancy, with a focus upon the significance of al-Qaeda and regional affiliates. The paper argues that, encouraged by the post-9/11 international fall out, regional Islamic networks work towards improving the perceived low political and economic status of Muslims in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. At present, however, the political significance of Islamic militancy in the three countries is low. [Abstract from author]. |