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This paper examines the internal, or endogenous, reasons that have hastened the decline of the jihadi movements. In doing so, it exposes the jihadi movements, with al-Qa'ida at its helm, as one that lacks coherence and unity, despite its claims to the contrary. The authors divide the jihadis' endogenous problems into the categories: internal divisions plaguing al-Qa'ida and the jihadi movement proper; and fault lines dividing the jihadi movement from other Muslim and Islamist actors.