Promoting Salafi Political Participation

Author(s): Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Volume: 4
Issue: 5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

Equating Salafism with jihadism overlooks the growth of non-violent Salafi political groups in North Africa, the Middle East and the Sahel. Supporting their political inclusion can promote democracy and undermine violent jihadism.

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Series: Policy Perspectives