%0 Journal Article
%T AL-SHABAABĄ¯S LEADERSHIP HIERARCHY AND ITS IDEOLOGY
%A Abdi O. Shuriye
%J Academic Research International
%D 2012
%I 
%X This research studies the deriving ideology and directions of al-Shabaab movement. The organization constitutes obdurate and dogmatic elements and individuals of originally SomaliĄ¯s Salafi movements.The initial findings of this research are that al-ShabaabĄ¯s ideology must have originated outsideSomalia. The key objective of this research is to investigate al-ShabaabĄ¯s political ideology and itsstructural leadership, to assess the ideological relationship between al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda, to comprehend the political future of the group and to ascertain their political and theological ideologies. The research therefore investigates the leadership structure of al-Shabaab and its organizational settings. The methodology of this research, partly, involved collecting field data in a form of informal interviews and surveys, but it is mainly an analytical and evaluative approach. My findings indicate that al-Shabaab operate in a flexible multiple cells organizational leadership structure whose components are independent.
%K Political ideology of al-Shabaab
%K al-ShabaabĄ¯s organizational leadership and structure
%K Islam in Somalia
%U http://www.savap.org.pk/journals/ARInt./Vol.2(1)/2012(2.1-32).pdf