Join the Caravan

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"Join the Caravan" is an influential jihadist manifesto by Abdullah Azzam that advocates armed struggle and has significantly shaped modern Islamist militant ideology.

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Join the Caravan canonical 3

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instanceOf Islamist ideological text ⓘ
jihadist manifesto ⓘ
advocates armed struggle ⓘ
participation in jihad battlefields ⓘ
sacrifice in the path of God ⓘ
alternativeTitle Ilhaq bil-Qafilah ⓘ
associatedWith Afghan-Soviet war ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War

foreign fighters in Afghanistan ⓘ
author Abdullah Azzam ⓘ
circulation translated into multiple languages ⓘ
widely distributed in jihadist circles ⓘ
framework binary worldview of believers versus enemies ⓘ
genre Islamist propaganda ⓘ
religious-political tract ⓘ
historicalContext Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War

late Cold War era ⓘ
ideology Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
impact contributed to transnationalization of jihad ⓘ
helped systematize modern jihadist doctrine ⓘ
influenced al-Qaeda ideology ⓘ
global Islamist militancy ⓘ
modern jihadist movements ⓘ
influencedBy Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War

Islamist revivalist thought ⓘ
justifies violent struggle as religiously legitimate ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
linkedTo global jihadist propaganda corpus ⓘ
mainTheme armed jihad ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
religious duty of jihad ⓘ
moralClaim argues that abandoning jihad is sinful ⓘ
portrays jihad fighters as heroes and martyrs ⓘ
positionOnJihad presents jihad as an individual obligation (fard ayn) under certain conditions ⓘ
publishingForm booklet ⓘ
pamphlet ⓘ
religiousBasis selective interpretation of Quranic verses ⓘ
selective interpretation of hadith ⓘ
religiousJustification frames jihad as path to salvation ⓘ
statusInMilitantCircles canonical text ⓘ
foundational ideological reference ⓘ
targetAudience Muslim youth ⓘ
potential foreign fighters ⓘ
title Join the Caravan ⓘ
usedAs ideological training material ⓘ
recruitment tool for jihadist groups ⓘ

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Abdullah Azzam → notableWork → Join the Caravan ⓘ
Join the Caravan → title → Join the Caravan ⓘ