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Sharia as ‘Desert Business’: Understanding the Links between Criminal Networks and Jihadism in Northern Mali

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|Jun 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.494 | Journal eISSN: 2165-2627
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Submitted on: Sep 20, 2016
Accepted on: May 2, 2017
Published on: Jun 13, 2017
Published by: Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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