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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2016: 82-90

Morocco´s Foreign Fighters: Jihadists´ 2nd Generation and its Islamist IdeologyNonreviewed - Other

Mgr. Jana Kostrounová

There is currently about 1 500 Moroccan citizens fighting for the so-called Daech in Syria and Iraq; that makes the North African monarchy one of the main countries which export radical islam djihadists and supporters abroad to the war-beaten Syrian-Iraqi region. Until 2014 Moroccan officials let them leave the country almost freely, to be precise, they didn´t prevent them from travelling to Syria, Iraq and other proxy war destinations. That´s how have the Moroccan fighters joined the Daech rows fighting in the beginning against the Syrian president Asad. But it seems now that the situation has rapidly changed: the Kingdom of Morocco is currently fighting and closely monitoring its own foreign fighters who are coming back home. Especially such eventual threat is pushing the country for creating a new national security strategy related to this risky minority, which needs to be integrated back to the Moroccan society.

Keywords: Morocco, Foreign Fighters, Radicalization, Daech, Syria, Radical Islamism, Islamic Extremism.

Published: June 15, 2016  Show citation

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Kostrounová, J. (2016). Morocco´s Foreign Fighters: Jihadists´ 2nd Generation and its Islamist Ideology. Czech Military Review, 97(2), 82-90
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