Bøker:
Dalacoura, Katerina: Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. s 1-65, 97-122.
Kepel, Gilles & Jean-Pierre Milelli (red) Al Qaeda in its own words. Harvard University Press, 2008, s. 81-101, 147-170, 237-250.
Hegghammer, Thomas: Jihad in Saudi Arabia. Cambridge University Press, 2010. Kapittel 1-2, 4-10. Sidetall: 16-58, 70-238.
Lia, Brynjar: Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab Al-Suri. Oxford University Press, 2009. Kapittel 1-2, 8 (til s.292). s. 1-50, 229-292.
Scheuer, Michael: Osama bin Laden. Oxford University Press, 2011. Kapittel 1, 3-7. Sidetall: 1-20, 48-181.
Pensum fordelt på seminarer:
Seminar 1: Introduksjon og overordnete perspektiver
Wiktorowicz, Quintan: “Anatomy of the Salafi Movement”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 29 (3) (2003), s. 207-239.
Hegghammer, Thomas: “Jihadi Salafis or Revolutionaries? On Religion and Politics in the Study of Militant Islamism”, Roel Meijer (red.) Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement. Oxford University Press, 2009, s.244-266.
Dalacoura, Katerina: Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East. Cambridge University Press, 2011, s.1-65. [Introduksjon, kapittel 1 og 2].
Lia, Brynjar: “Al-Qaida’s Appeal: Understanding its Unique Selling Points”, Perspectives on Terrorism, 2 (8) (mai 2008), s.3-10.
Seminar 2: Al-Qaidas ledere Osama bin Laden & Ayman al-Zawahiri
Scheuer, Michael: Osama bin Laden. Oxford University Press, 2011, s. 1-20, 48-181.
Lacroix, Stephane: “Ayman al-Zawahiri, Veteran of Jihad”, i Gilles Kepel & Jean-Pierre Milelli (red) Al Qaeda in Its Own Words. Harvard University Press, 2008, s.147-170.
Seminar 3: Jihadismens strategiske tenkere Abu Mus‘ab al-Suri og Abu Bakr Naji
Lia, Brynjar: Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus‘ab Al-Suri. Oxford University Press, 2009, s. 1-50, 229-292.
Polk, William: “Sayyid Qutub’s Fundamentalism and Abu Bakr Naji’s Jihadism”, Middle East Policy Council, 3 desember 2013.
McCants, Will & Abu Bakr Naji: “The Management of Savagery: The Most Critical Stage through which the Umma Will Pass”, (bla igjennom).
Seminar 4: Salafi-jihadismen: ideologiske og teologiske aspekter
Cook, David: “Islamism and Jihadism: The Transformation of Classical Notions of Jihad into an Ideology of Terrorism”, Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, 10 (2) (2009), s.177-187.
Zimmerman, John C.: “Sayyid Qutb’s Influence on the 11 September Attacks”, Terrorism and Political Violence, 16 (2) (sommer 2004), s.222-252.
Wagemakers, Joas: “A Purist Jihadi-Salafi: The Ideology of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi”, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 36 (2) (august 2009), s. 281-297.
Nesser, Petter: “Abu Qatada and Palestine”, Welt des Islams, 53 (3-4) (2013), s.416-448.
Seminar 5: Jihadistbevegelsen i Egypt
Dalacoura, Katerina: Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, s.111-122.
Auda, Gehad & Ammar Ali Hasam: “The Globalization of the Radical Islamic Movement: The Case Of Egypt”, Strategic Paper #120, Kairo: Al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies, 2004.
Jenkins, J Craig et al.: “Seedbeds of insurgency: Structure and dynamics in the Egyptian Islamist insurgency, 1986–99”, Journal of Peace Research, 51(4) (2014) s. 470-486.
Ashour, Omar: “Lions Tamed? An Inquiry into the Causes of De-Radicalization of Armed Islamist Movements: The Case of the Egyptian Islamic Group”, Middle East Journal, 61 (4) (høst 2007), s.596-625.
Seminar 6: Saudi Arabias fremmedkrigere - fra helter til terrorister
Hegghammer, Thomas: Jihad in Saudi Arabia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, s. 16-58, 143-238.
Seminar 7: Irakkrigen – fra motstandskamp til jihad
Fishman, Brian: (red), Bombers, Bank Accounts and Bleedout: al-Qa'ida's Road In and Out of Iraq. New York: CTC, 2009, s.32-97.
Hafez, Mohammed M.: “Martyrdom Mythology in Iraq: How Jihadists Frame Suicide Terrorism in Videos and Biographies”, Terrorism and Political Violence, 19 (1) (januar 2007), s.95-115.
Milelli, Jean-Pierre: “Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jihad in ‘Mesopotamia’,” i Gilles Kepel & Jean-Pierre Milelli (red) Al Qaeda in Its Own Words. Harvard University Press, 2008, s.237-250.
Tønnessen, Truls Hallberg: “En tragedie i tre akter: Framveksten av den islamske staten”, Babylon: Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier, 2 (2014), s.24-35.
Seminar 8: Algeries borgerkrig og dets ringvirkninger
Hafez, Mohammed M.: “Armed Islamist Movements and Political Violence in Algeria”, Middle East Journal, 54 (4) (høst 2000), s. 572-591.
Dalacoura, Katerina: Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, s. 97-111.
Kalyvas, Stahis: “Wanton and Senseless? The Logic of Massacres in Algeria”, Rationality andSociety, 11 (3) (1999), s.243–85.
Harmon, Stephen: “From GSPC to AQIM: The evolution of an Algerian Islamist terrorist group into an Al-Qa‘ida Affiliate and its implications for the Sahara-Sahel region”, ACAS Bulletin, 85 (vår 2010), s.12-29.
Ouellet, Eric et al.: “The Institutionalization of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI)”, Terrorism and Political Violence, 26 (4) (2014), s.650-665.
Seminar 9: Palestina og Libanon
Hegghammer, Thomas: “Palestina og global jihad”, Babylon: Tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika, 2 (2) (oktober 2004), s.60-69.
Hegghammer, Thomas: “ʿAbdallāh ʿAzzām and Palestine”, Die Welt des Islams, 53 (3-4) (2013), s.353-387.
Milton-Edwards, Beverley: “Islamist Versus Islamist: Rising Challenge in Gaza”, Terrorism and Political Violence, 26 (2), (2014), s.259-276.
Gade, Tine: Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon: Between global and local jihad, Kjeller: FFI, 2007, s.22-62.
Seminar 10: Jemen – al-Qaida og lokale klansstrukturer
Koehler-Derrick, Gabriel (red.): A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes, and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen. New York: CTC, 2011, s.36-63, 97-140.
Swift, Christopher: “Arc of Convergence: AQAP, Ansar al-Shari`a and the Struggle for Yemen,” CTC Sentinel, 21 juni 2012, s.1-6.
Eleftheriadou, Marina: “Elements of ‘armed non-state actors’ power: The case of al-Qaeda in Yemen”, Small Wars & Insurgencies, 25 (2) (2014), s.404-427.
Seminar 11: Bin Ladens død, arabiske folkeopprør og borgerkrig i Syria
Lia, Brynjar: “Jihadbevegelsen i den arabiske verdenen før og etter 2011,” Babyon: Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier, 2 (2014), s.8-22.
Lia, Brynjar: “Al Qaeda without Bin Laden,” ForeignAffairs.com, 11 mai 2011.
Hegghammer, Thomas: “Syria’s Foreign Fighters”, ForeignPolicy.com, 9 desember 2013.
Rich, Ben & Dara Conduit: “The Impact of Jihadist Foreign Fighters on Indigenous Secular-Nationalist Causes: Contrasting Chechnya and Syria”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, oktober 2014.
Malka, Haim & William Lawrence: “Jihadi-Salafism’s Next Generation”, CSIS Analysis Paper, oktober 2013.
Marks, Monica: “Youth Politics and Tunisian Salafism: Understanding the Jihadi Current”, Mediterranean Politics, 18 (1) (mars 2013), s. 104-111.
de Castelli, Laurent: “Mali: From Sanctuary to Islamic State”, The RUSI Journal, 159 (3) (2014), s.62-68.
Seminar 12: “Den islamske staten”
Hegghammer, Thomas: “Calculated Caliphate”, Lawfare Blog, juli 2014.
Adnan, Sinan (& Aaron Reese): “Beyond the Islamic State: Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency”, Institute for the Study of War, Middle East Security Report #24, oktober 2014, s.9-25.
Lefèvre, Raphaël: “Is the Islamic State on the Rise in North Africa?”, The Journal of North African Studies, november 2014. (5 sider).
Phillips, Andrew: “The Islamic State’s challenge to international order”, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 68 (5), (2014), s.495-498.
al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad: “The Dawn of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham”, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, 16, s.5-15.
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