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Date: September 10, 2024
Who’s involved: Al Qaeda, ISIS/ISIL/Daesh/ISKP/ISS, Al Shabaab, Haqqani network, Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslim (JNIM) and others.
Jihadist-based terrorism has been on the world map since the late second part of the twentieth century but gained notoriety due to the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. And even though other forms of terrorism, like White Nationalism-inspired terrorism, have grown exponentially in the West, Jihadist-inspired terrorism represents a global challenge. According to several studies, in 2023, the epicenter of Jihadist terrorism seems to have shifted away from the Middle East and to the Central Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa, with Islamic State (IS) and Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) being the most active terrorist organizations.