The Yemeni Congregation for Reform (al-Islâh): The Difficult Process of Building a Project for Change

Violence in Contemporary Yemen: State, Society and Salafis

“…Matrimonial links were established between key figures in the state and Islamist leaders such as , once a leader of Yemeni fighters in Afghanistan, who maintained relations with transnational jihādī movements. Others were given prominent positions and saw their activities encouraged: 'Abd al‐Majīd al‐Zindānī, a radical figure from the party (Bonnefoy, Poirier, 2010) with links to militants in Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Afghanistan, was appointed to the five‐man presidential council in 1993, the same year he founded the al‐Imān religious University.…”

“…It was founded in 1990 and draws together tribal elites along with businessmen around a core of members of the Muslim Brotherhood. (Schwedler, 2006, al‐Tawīl, 2009, Bonnefoy and Poirier, 2010).…”