The role of economic strategies and tactics in the survival of Salafi-Takfiri groups

Subject Areas : Terorism

reza khorasani ¹ (Assistant Professor of Department of Political Science, Faculty of Economic & Political Science, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran)
Mohammad Mirabdoli ² (Master of Political Science at Shahid Beheshti University)

Received: 2019-06-06 Accepted : 2020-05-06 Published : 2020-04-20

Keywords: strategy, terrorism, financial resources, Tactic, Salafi-Takfiri,

Abstract :

Terrorists need financial support to achieve their goals, and therefore resort to various legal and illegal ways. Islamic radical groups, of which they can be termed takfiri terrorists, are no exception to this rule and despite the emphasis on ideological and religious-spiritual issues, in order to grow and succeed, attracting audiences and followers through advertising, supplying weapons, carrying out terrorist operations and other everyday needs, they need access to enough funds to fulfill their goals. Therefore, the present research attempts to answer this key question What factors contributed to the persistence of Takfiri terrorism in different regions?. In order to answer this question, this hypothesis has been suggested that one of the effective factors in the non-destruction of Salafi-Takfiri groups due to the diversity of access routes for takfiri groups to multiple sources and their lack of dependence on a source of income to finance their expenses. in this regard, the most important sources of financial needs of the terrorist-takfiri groups that indicate their flexibility in adopting various methods of income generation are described in this paper and their economic approach to The future has also been explored. In this study, the descriptive-analytic method has been used.

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