In March 2022, Professor and PREVEX-researcher Ulf Engel (University of Leipzig) posted a blog series in which he analyse how African states have responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, African countries’ voting patterns in the UN General Assembly,...
The Sahel and us
The shore of North Africa and Europe, the Sahel faces major challenges - demography, migration, climate change - exposing young people to violent extremism. In this article, PREVEX-researcher Abdoul Wahab Cisse describes the multifaceted Sahel region. It is a...
The mystery of resource mobilization by jihadist rebels
Jihadists in the Sahel have opportunistically sought resources - kidnapping, smuggling - but it remains to be seen whether gold mining is a game-changer. In this article, the principal investigator in the PREVEX-project, Morten Bøås, delves into the realm...
Moderate Islamist Parties in the MENA Region and Europe
In June, Djallil Lounnas (Al Akhawayn University) published a book chapter, entitled “Moderate Islamist Parties in the MENA Region and Europe: Between the Democracy-Human Rights and the Stability-Security Nexus” and was published in the Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations edited...
A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
PREVEX-researcher Erik Skare has recently published the book: A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East. Find the book HERE Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most important yet least understood...
Salafism as a Contested Concept
A new study by PREVEX-researcher Simeon Evstatiev just published by Brill in January 2021. The study regards Salafism as a contested concept that stirs up heated debates in Muslim circles as well as among Western Islamicists and social scientists....