Tunisia’s Security Concerns

  • Besenyő János
  • Prantner Zoltán
doi: 10.32565/aarms.2015.1.1

Abstract

Ansar al-Sharia, established in April 2011, is the most prominent Salafist jihadist organization in Tunisia. At the beginning the movement, which sympathizes with the ideology of al-Qaeda, focused its attention on humanitarian and missionary works. Later it did not balk at using violence to enforce religious norms. The conflict between the Ennahda Government and the organization culminated between May and July, 2013. At the end of August the Government finally designated Ansar al-Sharia a terrorist-organization. According official reports, the organization is responsible for planning several unsuccessful attacks during the intervening months. Additionally, Okba bin Nafaa, the military wing of Ansar al-Sharia, has been fighting an open war with the Tunisian Army in the Algerian border region since December 2012.

Keywords:

Ansar al-Sharia Tunesia salafist Jihad Ennahda Okba bin Nafaa Brigada Arab Spring Ben Ali dawa Al-Qaeda Islamist

How to Cite

Besenyő, J. and Prantner, Z. (2015) “Tunisia’s Security Concerns”, AARMS – Academic and Applied Research in Military and Public Management Science. Budapest, 14(1), pp. 5–21. doi: 10.32565/aarms.2015.1.1.

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