Hegghammer, Thomas (2009). The Ideological Hybridization of Jihadi Groups. Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, vol. 9
(2009).Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, vol. 9
There is broad consensus in the analytical literature on Islamism on the need to disaggregate the various sub-currents of Islamist ideology. And while there is considerable disagreement among observers about what constitutes the right typology for differentiating between these sub-currents, there is general agreement on a handful of key analytical distinctions. Of these, perhaps the most common is the so-called “near enemy-far enemy” divide, which is often used to distinguish between groups that target primarily local Muslim regimes, and groups that focus on Western targets.