Mauritania's Islamists / Alex Thurston. Washington DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2012 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2012
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Summary
Mauritanian Islamism’s Mixed Implications
Mauritanian Islamists See the State as a Vehicle for the Islamization of Society
Social Change and Foreign Influence Spurred Early Islamist Mobilization
Geopolitical Pressures on Mauritania Inadvertently Strengthened Islamism
Profiles of Islamist Leaders
The Tewassoul Party: Years of Underground Organizing Taught Islamists Political Sophistication
Mauritania’s Islamists Have Close Ties With Other Arab Islamists
Jihadism Is a Radical Fringe That Mainstream Islamists Oppose
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