Perspective Chapter: Global Islamist Terrorism in Non-Muslim Terrain – A Moral and Rational Analysis of ADF-ISCAP Violence Dynamics in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
<p id="p1">This chapter examines the evolution of Islamist violence from its local entrenchment to global intricacies within the context of the non-Muslim-dominant Great Lakes region of Africa. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an insurgency group originating from Uganda and based in the Democrati...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1222452 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">This chapter examines the evolution of Islamist violence from its local entrenchment to global intricacies within the context of the non-Muslim-dominant Great Lakes region of Africa. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an insurgency group originating from Uganda and based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, serves as the intractable centerpiece of this peculiar dynamic of Islamist violence. Since its formation and subsequent transformation into an Islamic State (IS) affiliate, the group has exploited opportunities to inflict harm on countless innocent individuals and has resisted multifaceted military pressure. These events have unexpectedly turned the region into a lasting hotspot for brutal Islamist terrorism, set against a backdrop of predominantly Christian culture and a relatively passive Muslim minority. Various circumstances and factors have fostered the entrenchment and persistence of this violence. ADF-ISCAP’s dynamics have had a significant impact on community livelihoods, social cohesion, regional stability, and security, with broader implications for international relations and counterterrorism efforts. State collusion and failure, recurring armed conflict, and security porosity, coupled with complacency, have enabled immoral and irrational elements and actions to sustain this phenomenon. The chapter uses a moral and rational framework to clarify how these factors, together with their immoral and irrational aspects, contribute to the persistence of incongruous global Islamist terrorism in the region. It seeks to support the development of a balanced and contextualized counterterrorist perspective that integrates both moral and rational dimensions underlying the local, regional, and global dimensions of ADF’s Islamist violence.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83635-367-6 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1012286 |