Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 10 / 2017 http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 354 other jihadist groups and traditions. For this reason, some jihad theorists consider that the Islamic State is a plague fighting against Muslims51.For their part, Islamic State has denied the division and lack of support from the side of some Salafist scholars (especially Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi) for their cause52. With the Islamic State currently being the global jihadist body with the greatest capacity for uptake and presenting the biggest threat – at practically all levels –, we need to understand what ideological relationship they have and what their link could be with specific forms of execution of violence. With that in mind, some studies have pointed out different correlations between political attitudes and the use of violence, particularly as related to authoritarianism53, but also with models and specific ideologies such as modern developmentalism: “(…) development tends to sharpen religious, interregional and ethnic tensions by ‘pitting’ traditional communities against each other. This does not mean that such tensions were non-existent in the past or that the planners provoke them. It means that by giving absolute priority to interests over passions, instrumental rationality over visions and worldviews, development converts the rich, multilayered relationships among the 51 VV.AA. «Fatwa of Some Jihad Scholars Regarding the Group IS and its Attack on the Mujahideen.» Al-Minara, 3 June 2015, https://www.google.es/ url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi7ldrLmej SAhXDwBQKHUyQDOsQFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Falminara.wordpress. com%2F2015%2F06%2F03%2Ffatwa-of-some-jihad-scholars-regarding-the-group-is-and-its- attack-on-the-mujahideen%2F&usg=AFQjCNF41fRXIHmSD-gANc7whpYYUm-vQIA& sig2=CCyLGL66RflBuduo-YiB3A. (last consulted 20.03.2017).AL-FILISTINI, Abu Qatada. «A Message to the People of Jihad and those who Love Jihad.» 28 April 2014, https:// azelin.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/abc5ab-qatc481dah-al-filise1b9adc4abnc4ab-22message-to-the-people- of-jihc481d-and-its-admirers22-en.pdf. (last consulted 20.03.2017).AL-MAQDISI, Abu Muhammad. «A call to the Ummah and the Mujahideen.» May 2014, https://www.google.es/ url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi60cDcmejSAh VFVRQKHfCOD2oQFggoMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gatestoneinstitute. org%2Fdocuments%2Fbaghdadi-caliph.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHs73-QbwTbaCZ1EG 3cSGMgGM7ivw&sig2=YH8WadXjjydyce6AdHzeQA. (last consulted 20.03.2017). JOSCELYN, Thomas. «Officials from Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham vow to continue fight against Islamic State.» Long War Journal, 20 July 2015, https://www.google.es/ url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiy4eLnmejSAhU SGhQKHYGNBccQFggfMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.longwarjournal.org%2Farchives% 2F2015%2F07%2Fofficials-from-al-nusrah-front-ahrar-al-sham-vow-to-continue-fight-against-islamic- state.php&usg=AFQjCNEyEPsjtBeNSzEQGv5sqqPKW9_tEA&sig2=bg_7aC2ZRoTixm- 90pWDdQ. (last consulted 20.03.2017). 52 DABIQ. «Foreword.» Dabiq. Al-Qa’idah of Waziristan. A testimony from within, Rabi’ Al-Awwal 1436 (Islamic), https://clarionproject.org/docs/isis-isil-islamic-state-magazine-issue-6-al-qaeda-of-waziristan. pdf (last consulted 20.03.2017) . 53 BENJAMIN, Arlin James. «The relationship between right-wing authoritarianism and attitudes toward violence: Further validation of the attitudes toward violence scale.» Social Behavior and Personality, 2006: 923-926. FISH, M. Steven. «Islam and authoritarianism.» World Politics, 2002: 4-37.
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