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05/03/2013

The false Jihad what kind of threat facing Europe's southern border? (DIEEEO21-2013)

In this paper I will study how armed groups that have lately spread terror in the name of Islam in the Northern area of Mali have become a threat to Maghrebi and European Security. These armed groups have had among their first and only objectives to finance their pseudo-jihadi activities by getting into the drug business. In fact, Jihad has been the excuse to create a terrorist structure in the Sahel desert where world Islamization sympathizers see how their socio-economic conditions improve. Consequently, I will state that Jihad is seen as a "luxury". It´s not merely an ideology, but rather a way to secure its own (economic).

Author: Beatriz Mesa García

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