Dolgov B.V. – candidate of sciences (Ph.D in history), senior researcher, Centre for Arab and Islamic studies, Institute of oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The article touches upon the issue of the extensive military and political maneuvers of the Western countries in the Muslim world since the beginning of the 21 st century. Meanwhile the text gives a valuable information on the rise of political Islam and Islamic extremist movements in the region that led to the emergence of the «Islamic State». The author stresses that its terrorist activities take place in the Middle East, but is also directed against the western countries.
Muslim world, political Islam, Islamic extremist movements, «Islamic State».
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