WKS 597: Militant Islamic Organizations - Middle East
Salama, 1 credit
This course will examine the evolution and current status of militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East. The course will briefly introduce the evolution of militant Islamic ideologies and paradigms up to the 21st century. The bulk of the course will be devoted to contemporary militant Islamic organizations with special focus on transnational Islamist networks with global reach and other notable regional networks in the Levant and North Africa. Islamism and its variants will be discussed, as well as the history of suicide warfare methods and tactics. This course will discuss short-term and long-term solutions to Islamic militancy in the Middle East.