The Intellectual, the Militant, the Prisoner and the Partisan: the Genesis of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (1974-1988)

• Published in: The Muslim world (Hartford) Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 161 - 180
• Main Authors: Dot-Pouillard, Nicolas, Rébillard, Eugénie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hartford, CT Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-01-2013; Duncan Black Macdonald Center; Wiley
• Subjects: History and sciences of religions; Humanities and Social Sciences; Islam; Political science; Politics; Religious fundamentalism; Religious history; Suicide bombings; Near East; Palestine; Islamic movement; Nationalism; Intellectual; Jihad; Politics; Religion-State; Religious movement; Arab World; Islamism; Palestine
• ISSN: 0027-4909; 1478-1913
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-1913.2012.01415.x

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine is known today as the second-largest Palestinian Islamic organization, following Hamas which was however established almost ten years later. The mediatization of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad has been driven, since the beginning of the 21st century and the outbreak of the second Intifada, by the large number of suicide bombers carried out on Israeli territory. The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine continues to be characterized, historically, by nationalism connected to political Islam, and by the use of political violence and armed struggle as its primary means of action.