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Radical Islamism in Georgia



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Giorgi Omsarashvili

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2018.02.003

The paper describes and analyzes the chronology of radical Islamism activities in Georgia, the threats and challenges for Georgian state coming from terrorist organizations, the spread of Ideas of Militant Islamism and Jihadism, the possibilities of using Georgian territories by the foreign and local fighters and steps taken by Georgian State. Also popularization of the idea of creation world Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East and ISIL Caucasus Province, joining the terrorist organizations ISIL and Al-Nusra Front in Iraq and Syria by some of the Georgian Muslims. The author analyzes the factors of the popularization of radical Islamism ideas among the young generation, the problems of Georgian Muslim communities and gives the recommendations for state actors. 

Georgia, Caucasus, Fundamentalism, Salafism, Radical Islamism, Jihadism, Terrorism, terrorist groups, ISIL, ISIS, Al-Qaeda , foreign fighters