Al-Qaeda & Islamic State: History, Doctrine, Modus Operandi and U.S. Strategy to Degrade and Defeat Terrorism Conducted in the Name of Sunni Islam
Terror WarfareBy Paul Kamolnick, Strategic Studies Institute
Length12h 50m
About this audiobook
Dr. Kamolnick's book is a meticulously documented investigation and comparison of the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State across three key strategically relevant dimensions: essential doctrine, beliefs, and worldview; strategic concept, including terrorist modus operandi; and in the final chapter, specific implications, and recommendations for current U.S. Government policy and strategy.
Contents:
Belief-System, Creed, Worldview, Doctrine
The Al-Qaeda Organization
Sunni Islamic Orthodoxy
Sunni-Salafism/"Fundamentalism"
The Muwahhidun/Wahhabism/Salafi-Wahhabism
Muslim Brotherhood-Salafi-Wahhabi
The "Base of the Jihad"; Al-Qaeda
From Qa'idat Al-Jihad to Bin Ladenism
From Bin Ladenism Back to Qa'idat Al-Jihad
Post-Arab Spring Qa'idat Al-Jihad
"What is Qa'idat Al-Jihad?" In a Nutshell:
Fazul Abdullah and Adam Gadahn
III. Islamic State Organization
"Zarqawism" vs. AQO: Abu Musab
Al-Zarqawi's Worldview and Doctrine: 1989-June 7, 2006
From Non-Religious Violent Street Tough to Ultra-Sectarian Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist Prison
Tough: 1980-1999
Al-Zarqawi's Private Jihasist Armies of the Levant: 1999-2004
The History, Doctrines, and Worldview of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's "Caliphate":
From ISI to the Caliphate: Brief Organizational History
Self-Proclaimed Emir Al-Muminin Abu Bakr Al-Hussaini Al-Qurayshi Al-Baghdadi:
The Caliphate Now!
The "Final Solution" to the "Shia Problem"
Terrorist Modus Operandi
Terrorist Quadrangle Analysis
The Al-Qaeda Organization
The "Classical" Base First Bin Ladenist
Lone Mujahid"
"Far Enemy" Strategy
Islamic State
Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations for U.S. Government
Key Findings
Belief-Systems, Worldviews, Doctrines, Creeds
Strategies and Terrorist Modus Operandi
Implications for U.S. Government
Policy and Strategies
Implications for Existing USG Policy and Strategy to Permanently Defeat AQ and its Affiliates
Implications for Existing USG Policy and Strategy to Permanently Defeat the IS
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GenrePolitics and Government, History
Length12 hrs 50 mins
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Publish dateSep 19, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Al-Qaeda & Islamic State: History, Doctrine, Modus Operandi and U.S. Strategy to Degrade and Defeat Terrorism Conducted in the Name of Sunni Islam
2Foreword
3About the Author
4Summary
5Prologue
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61. Belief-System, Creed, Worldview, Doctrine
7I. Introduction
8II. The Al-Qaeda Organization (Tanzim Qa’idat Al-Jihad)
9Sunni Islamic Orthodoxy
10SunniSalafism/“Fundamentalism”
11The Muwahhidun/Wahhabism/Salafi-Wahhabism
12Shaykh Scholar-Mujahid, Dr. Abdallah Azzam: The Individual Obligation to Join the Caravan in Defense of Muslim Lands: An Armed Muslim Brotherhood-Salafi-Wahhabi Synthesis
13The “Base of the Jihad”; Al-Qaeda (Qa‘idat Al-Jihad)
14From Qa'idat Al-Jihadto Bin Ladenism
15From Bin Ladenism Back to Qa‘idat Al-Jihad? Back to the Future? Hubris, Delusion, Disaster, and the Remaking/Rebirth of a Post-Bin Laden, Post-Arab Spring Qa'idat Al-Jihad
16What is Qa'idat Al-Jihad?” In a Nutshell: Fazul Abdullah and Adam Gadahn
17III. Islamic State Organization (Tanzim Al-Dawla Al-Islamiyya)
18“Zarqawism” vs. AQO: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi’s Worldview and Doctrine: 1989-June 7, 2006
19From Non-Religious Violent Street Tough to Ultra-Sectarian Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist Prison Tough: 1980-1999
20Al-Zarqawi’s Private Jihasist Armies of the Levant: 1999-2004
21Abdallah Al-Muhajir’s Ultra-Extremism in Takfir, and Takfir of the Shia
22Abu Musa’b Al-Zarqawi's Embrace of Abu Abdallah Al-Muhajir's Extremism in Takfir
23Zarqawism Unveiled as Doctrine and Strategy: Al-Zarqawi’s Negotiation and Bay’ah to Osama Bin Laden
24Zarqawism: Its Three Essential Elements
25“Neo-Zarqawism”: The Birth and Declaration of the Islamic State of Iraq (Dawlat Al’Iraq Al-Islamiyyah), and Rise of the New Emirs
26Creedal/Doctrinal/Policy Comparision of ISO and AQO
27Apocalypticism and Mahdism in Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir and Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi
28The History, Doctrines, and Worldview of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s “Caliphate”: May 2010-Present
29From ISI to the Caliphate: Brief Organizational History
30Self-Proclaimed Emir Al-Muminin Abu Bakr Al-Hussaini Al-Qurayshi Al-Baghdadi: A Brief History
31Current ISO Worldview, Beliefs, Creed, and Doctrine
32ISO’s Differentia Specifica: Four Essential Categorical Divergences from AQO
33The Imminence of the End Times (Apocalypticism and Eschatology)
34The Caliphate Now!
35The “Final Solution” to the “Shia Problem”
36The Nearest Enemy is the Ummah’s Truest Enemy!
37ISO Relative Divergences from AQO
382. Terrorist Modus Operandi
39I. Introduction.: Terrorist Quadrangle Analysis(TQA)
40II. The Al-Qaeda Organization (Tanzim Qa’idat Al-Jihad)
41TQA, I: The “Classical” Base First Bin Ladenist “Far Enemy“ Strategy
42TQA, II: The AQAP “Lone Mujahid” “Far Enemy” Strategy
43III. Islamic State Organization (Tanzim Al-Dawla Al-Islamiyya): TQA: The ISO “State/Caliphate-First” Strategy
443. Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations for U.S. Government Policy and Strategy
45I. Key Findings
46Macro-Level Conclusion
47Belief-Systems, Worldviews, Doctrines, Creeds
48Strategies and Terrorist Modus Operandi
49II. Implications for U.S. Government Policy and Strategies
50Implications for Existing USG Policy and Strategy to Permanently Defeat AQO and its Affiliates
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