National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain

Eight out of every 10 jihadists arrested or deceased in Spain between 2013 and 2018 are of Moroccan origin. This figure includes Moroccan nationals, Spanish nationals born in Morocco, and Spanish nationals descending from Moroccan immigrants. The historically restive Rif region of northwest Africa i...

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Autores: García-Calvo, Carola, Reinares, Fernando, Vicente, Álvaro
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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Palavra-chave:Jihadism
Radicalization
Terrorism
Spain
Morocco
Rif
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spelling National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in SpainGarcía-Calvo, CarolaReinares, FernandoVicente, ÁlvaroJihadismRadicalizationTerrorismSpainMoroccoRifEight out of every 10 jihadists arrested or deceased in Spain between 2013 and 2018 are of Moroccan origin. This figure includes Moroccan nationals, Spanish nationals born in Morocco, and Spanish nationals descending from Moroccan immigrants. The historically restive Rif region of northwest Africa is the main geographical provenance of those who were born in Morocco and, similarly, because of violent Salafist who are natives of Ceuta and Melilla, of those who were born in Spain. All this reveals the extent to which the enduring reality of global jihadism in Morocco is projected externally onto Spain. This is unsurprising, since a large majority of Muslims in Spain come from Morocco or have Moroccan ancestors. Yet, the blooming of homegrown jihadism in Spain over the mentioned six-year period, largely resulting from the radicalization of Moroccan descendants or second generations, points toward the internal dynamics behind the phenomenon. In Spain, however, these second generations may or may not be in a diaspora situation, an important feature which is unique in the context of Western Europe.202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/mswordhttps://hdl.handle.net/10115/29292reponame:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlosinstname:Universidad Rey Juan CarlosInglésAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/292922026-06-24T12:48:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
title National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
spellingShingle National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
García-Calvo, Carola
Jihadism
Radicalization
Terrorism
Spain
Morocco
Rif
title_short National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
title_full National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
title_fullStr National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
title_full_unstemmed National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
title_sort National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García-Calvo, Carola
Reinares, Fernando
Vicente, Álvaro
author García-Calvo, Carola
author_facet García-Calvo, Carola
Reinares, Fernando
Vicente, Álvaro
author_role author
author2 Reinares, Fernando
Vicente, Álvaro
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Jihadism
Radicalization
Terrorism
Spain
Morocco
Rif
topic Jihadism
Radicalization
Terrorism
Spain
Morocco
Rif
description Eight out of every 10 jihadists arrested or deceased in Spain between 2013 and 2018 are of Moroccan origin. This figure includes Moroccan nationals, Spanish nationals born in Morocco, and Spanish nationals descending from Moroccan immigrants. The historically restive Rif region of northwest Africa is the main geographical provenance of those who were born in Morocco and, similarly, because of violent Salafist who are natives of Ceuta and Melilla, of those who were born in Spain. All this reveals the extent to which the enduring reality of global jihadism in Morocco is projected externally onto Spain. This is unsurprising, since a large majority of Muslims in Spain come from Morocco or have Moroccan ancestors. Yet, the blooming of homegrown jihadism in Spain over the mentioned six-year period, largely resulting from the radicalization of Moroccan descendants or second generations, points toward the internal dynamics behind the phenomenon. In Spain, however, these second generations may or may not be in a diaspora situation, an important feature which is unique in the context of Western Europe.
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