Home-Grown Jihadism in Italy: Birth, Development and Radicalization Dynamics

Autor(en): Lorenzo Vidino
Verlag(e): Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale
Publikationsjahr: 2014
Publikationsort: Mailand

Jihadism in Italy has followed a route that differs somewhat from the paths it has taken in most Western European countries. Italy was one of the first countries on the Continent to witness jihadist activities on a relatively large scale: as early as the first part of the 1990s, various Italian-based North African networks were playing a prominent role in the nascent global jihadist movement. Yet, in the early and mid-2000s, when most Western European countries were confronted by various challenges coming from both traditional and home-grown jihadist networks, the situation in Italy was relatively quiet.

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