World Almanac of Islamism 2021

Ilan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as well as the Departments of Defense and State, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. He has been called one of America's leading experts on the Middle East and Iran by CNN.

• ContentsWorld Overview.................................................................... 1The Americas......................................................................... 5Argentina................................................................................. 6Bolivia..................................................................................... 8Brazil..................................................................................... 10Canada .................................................................................. 12Nicaragua.............................................................................. 14United States......................................................................... 16Venezuela.............................................................................. 41Middle East and North Africa........................................... 54Algeria................................................................................... 55Bahrain.................................................................................. 56Egypt..................................................................................... 80Israel.................................................................................... 107Iran...................................................................................... 130Iraq...................................................................................... 149Jordan.................................................................................. 171Kuwait................................................................................. 186Lebanon............................................................................... 188Libya................................................................................... 190Mauritania........................................................................... 216Morocco.............................................................................. 218The Palestinian National Authority..................................... 235Qatar.................................................................................... 263Saudi Arabia........................................................................ 288Tunisia................................................................................. 310United Arab Emirates.......................................................... 328Yemen................................................................................. 355Sub-Saharan Africa.......................................................... 381Ethiopia .............................................................................. 382Mali..................................................................................... 384Nigeria................................................................................. 413Senegal................................................................................ 432Somalia............................................................................... 433Tanzania.............................................................................. 453Europe................................................................................ 455Albania................................................................................ 456Denmark.............................................................................. 459France.................................................................................. 460Germany.............................................................................. 462Italy..................................................................................... 463Kosovo................................................................................ 464The Netherlands.................................................................. 466North Macedonia................................................................ 467Spain................................................................................... 470Eurasia............................................................................... 472Azerbaijan........................................................................... 473Kazakhstan.......................................................................... 487Kyrgyzstan.......................................................................... 489Russia.................................................................................. 491Tajikistan............................................................................. 516Turkey................................................................................. 518Turkmenistan...................................................................... 544Syria.................................................................................... 546Uzbekistan........................................................................... 571South Asia.......................................................................... 586Afghanistan......................................................................... 587Bangladesh.......................................................................... 610India.................................................................................... 612Maldives.............................................................................. 614Pakistan............................................................................... 615Sri Lanka............................................................................. 647East Asia and Oceania...................................................... 649Australia.............................................................................. 650China................................................................................... 651Indonesia............................................................................. 670Malaysia.............................................................................. 697The Philippines................................................................... 699Thailand.............................................................................. 701Global Movements............................................................ 703Al-Qaeda............................................................................. 704Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province............... 726Fetullah Gülen Movement.................................................. 745Hezbollah............................................................................ 767Hizb ut-Tahrir...................................................................... 790The Islamic State................................................................. 809Lashkar-e Taiba................................................................... 832Muslim Brotherhood........................................................... 851Tablighi Jama’at.................................................................. 878Taliban................................................................................. 996Contributors...................................................................... 910