Deja vu: Medieval Motifs in Modern Arab Political Life by V. V. Naumkin, V. A. Kuznetsov

“…ISIS, Al-Qaeda) and in the political strategies of moderate Islamist movements, such as Tunisian party Al-Nahda. The second example is the urban militias, which are correlated with the medieval phenomenon of «young hero» or «chivalry» communities – fityan. …”
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