al-Qaida e L’Importanza della Terminologia
30/10/2005Il giornale pakistano Daily Times commenta un’analisi dell’agenzia statunitense “Strategic Forecasting”. I giornalisti, si legge nel rapporto, utilizzano ormai in modo equivalente una moltitudine di termini per designare diversi gruppi militanti islamici. Il risultato è una confusione politica e concettuale che non aiuta certo lo studio dei conflitti in corso.
“We see the actors called terrorists, fighters, militants, radicals, rebels, insurgents, extremists and fundamentalists, while the ideology itself is called Islamic, Islamist, Wahabi or jihadist. The use of these and other such terms interchangeably not only leads to hyper-confusion, but also creates problems from a counter-terrorism perspective. Moreover, the use of the Al Qaeda label as a generic term for any and all types of Muslim militants has created the perception of a global monolith, despite efforts to nuance the term with phrases such as ‘Al Qaeda-linked,’ ‘Al Qaeda-inspired,’ ‘affiliated with the Al Qaeda network’ and such,” the analysis points out.
