The following is my answer to a Quora question: “Could
Al-Qaeda make a comeback in the Middle East?”
The underlying ideology of Al-Qaeda is Wahhabism,
which is the state ideology of Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaeda will evolve, it will have more off
shoots such as ISIS, it might even rename itself; but the underlying ideology,
the goals and the methodology are essentially the same. As long as there is Wahhabism, and it is treated as a
legitimate offshoot of Sunni Islam, or even mistaken as a “purified” version of
it, there will be Al-Qaeda and groups like it. This current state of destabilisation of the
Greater Middle East and North Africa, and the disenfranchisement of millions,
is fertile recruiting ground for these groups. This cycle of violence is not going to end
anytime soon, and with the added pressures of increased wealth disparity, and
climate change, this might even be exacerbated. There is no happy ending here.
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