2012/12/19 by Shireen Khan Burki · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Al qaeda #Caliphate #Computer security #Ideology #Islam #Islamic Studies and History #Law #Philosophy #Political science #Politics #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East #Religious studies #Sociology #Terrorism #Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence #Theology #Trojan horse
paper · doi:10.1080/19361610.2013.738407
openalex publication_date 2012/12/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Tablighi Jama’at, a transnational Deobandi (Sunni) Muslim proselytizing group with branches in over 150 countries today, has garnered attention in the West since 2001. With increasing frequency, terrorist plots in the West reveal Jama’at linkages. Although its leadership enunciates a peaceful, apolitical stance; the organization does share the same core ideology and ultimate objectives (the expansion of Dar al Islam and the establishment of a global Caliphate) as the Salafis, Wahhabis and other “revivalist” Islamist movements such as the Ikhwan al Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood). The only difference between the Jama’at and the Ikhwan, for example, is their respective modus operandi. Although the Tablighi Jama’at stress proselytism as their sole objective, they have also provided cover, a conduit and a fertile recruiting ground for jihadi organizations such as Al Qaeda and Lashkar-i-Taiba.