Hassan hattab biography

Born in Rouiba on 14 January 1967, Hattab received religious education in his hometown.
Hassan Hattab, also known as Abu Hamza, is the founder and first leader of the Algerian Jihadist rebel group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat from 1998 to 2003.
The fourth chapter will discuss the post-9/11 world in terms of “shaping operations” for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and how this caused an evolution in.

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3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria

Zenn, Jacob. "3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria". Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria, Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2020, pp. 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626378933-004

Zenn, J. (2020). 3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria. In Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria (pp. 47-64). Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626378933-004

Zenn, J. 2020. 3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria. Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria. Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626378933-004

Zenn, Jacob. "3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria" In Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria, 47-64. Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626378933-004

Zenn J. 3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria. In: Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria. Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers; 2020. p.47-64. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626378933-004

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The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism by Antoine Sfeir; John King (Translator)

ISBN: 9780231146401

Publication Date: 2007-10-17

Antoine Sfeir's Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism is a major resource. Translated for the first time from the original French, this volume features more than two thousand entries on the history of Islamism and Islamic countries. It provides a balanced account of events and organizations, as well as philosophers, activists, militants, and other prominent figures, and offers a window into a movement that has irrevocably changed both Muslim and Western societies. The dictionary includes entries on the roots of Islamism and jihad in Africa, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, the Balkans, and the United States, among many other countries and locations. It profiles such key individuals as Louis Farrakhan; Tariq Ramadan; Abu Hamza Al-Masri; Algeria's Hassan Hattab, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt's Hassan Al-Banna; and the leader of the Afghan Jombesh-i Melli Islami movement, Abdul Rashid Dostum; historical events suc

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Hassan Hattab (14 January 1967-) was the founder of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which later became al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Initially a soldier in the Algerian Army, he joined the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) during the Algerian Civil War, but he later formed GSPC.

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Hassan Hattab was born on 14 January 1967 in Rouiba, Algiers, Algeria and received religious education there. He was trained as a paratrooper in the Algerian Army, and he met Amari Saifi and Abbi Abdelaziz while there. After the cancellation of the 1992 elections, Hattab joined the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), and he was responsible for the assassination of anti-religion singler Lounes Matoub on 25 June 1998. However, he left GIA after accusing it of massacring Algerian civilians and being infiltrated by the government, and he formed the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in 1998. In 1999 he declared war on the government of Algeria, seeking to establish an Islamic state in Algeria instead of a secularist government. He refused to join al-Qaeda, and the GS