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Moroccan foreign fighters: evolution of a phenomenon, promotive factors, and the limits of hardline policies

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Masbah, Mohammed

Corporate Editor
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Abstract

With a contingent of around 1,500 fighters, Morocco is considered one of the main exporters of foreign fighters to Syria. Until 2014, Moroccan authorities, who were content to see their own jihadis leave and add to the pressure on Bashar al-Assad, mostly turned a blind eye to networks of recruitment... view more

With a contingent of around 1,500 fighters, Morocco is considered one of the main exporters of foreign fighters to Syria. Until 2014, Moroccan authorities, who were content to see their own jihadis leave and add to the pressure on Bashar al-Assad, mostly turned a blind eye to networks of recruitment. Since the dramatic rise of the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, concern over local repercussions and the return of war-hardened radicals has prompted Rabat to adopt a hardline, security-oriented approach instead. Repression, however, is unlikely to uproot these networks. Instead, a comprehensive strategy for de-radicalization should aim to rehabilitate and reintegrate returning fighters, and use their example to dissuade others from violent militancy. (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
Morocco; islamism; Islam; war; civil war; Syria; mobilization; politics; society; terrorism; fight against terrorism; cause; militancy

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Document language
English

Publication Year
2015

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
8 p.

Series
SWP Comment, 46/2015

ISSN
1861-1761

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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