Articles by Bahae Eddine Boumnina

Editor's Note This article was published on July 4, 2020, first thing in the morning. We published it, knowing that it was controversial, although without being aware to what extent. However, the confrontations that emerged on Twitter have nothing to do with his temporary suspension. Indeed, the article is provocative, but it has no bad intentions at all. It tries to open a debate, based on the opinion of its author, Bahae Eddine Boumnina, about the existence of a bias in Western studies on jihadism. To support his thesis, he analyzes two articles, logically chosen by the author himself. Naturally, and as has been well pointed out, the choice of only two works is in itself a problem and in that case, the mistake is mine, for not having established a stricter filter prior to its publication. We are not an academic journal and although we try [Keep reading…]

The present work analyzes, from a doctrinal historical level, the evolution of the Wahhabi Salafist doctrine and its relationship with the reformist Salafism that appeared at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Also the influence of these two doctrines on the thinking of the Muslim Brotherhood and on the ideology of the current terrorist groups, treating as an example and as a consequence the fusion of these two currents, the Wahhabi and that of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the Salafi-jihadist ideological line. of the Islamic State (Dawlat Al Jilafa). [Keep reading…]

Being able to determine the reasons that produce jihadist violence, or why a jihadist is a jihadist and thousands of Salafist Muslims have moved to conflict zones to participate in wars that in principle are unrelated to them and, ultimately, know the reasons behind them. of the Salafist obsession with establishing a caliphate by applying medieval texts that have great success among Sunni Muslims in general, it is essential to understand in depth the doctrinal concepts and ideas of Salafism in general and jihadist Salafism in particular. [Keep reading…]

The supposed fall of the “Islamic State” has created new challenges for the West in general and for Spain in particular, being a strategic objective known as “Andalus”. In reality, we are not so much witnessing the fall of Daesh, as the evaporation of an authentic State, transforming it into an invisible organization, with thousands of unidentified soldiers and (related) followers, distributed in different countries, some in conflict zones. and others in peace zones camouflaged among civilians. [Keep reading…]