Islamic Resurgence in Algeria: The Rise of the Islamic Salvation Front

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Abstract:

On June 29, 1992, Algerian President Mohammed Boudiaf was addressing a crowd in the coastal city of Annaba. As he raised his hand to emphasize his point and said, We are all going to die. he was struck down by a militant Muslim assassins bullet. This incident highlighted the ongoing struggle between the Islamic movement in Algeria and the countrys relatively secular government. Throughout the Muslim world a resurgence in Islamic political and religious movements has taken place over the past two decades. The 1979 Iranian Revolution and the establishment of an Islamic Republic epitomized this trend and, perhaps, has fueled other Islamic movements. Across Muslim North Africa, the governments of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt have been struggling to deal with this Islamic resurgence

Author(s):
Larson, Norman R.
Author Organization(s):
TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Pagination:
0102

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Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USASD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_6.2.1_Information Sharing; JCA_6.2.2_Computing Services; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.2.3_Core Enterprise Services; JCA_6.2_Enterprise Services; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*ALGERIA, *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, *ISLAM, FOREIGN POLICY, ECONOMICS, THESES, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, POLITICAL PARTIES, RELIGION, POLITICAL REVOLUTION, ELECTIONS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Government and Political Science
Keyword(s):
ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT
Report Date:
1993 May 01