ABSTRACT Over the course of only a few months in 2006, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) defeated the clan-based faction leaders in Mogadishu and conquered most parts of South-Central Somalia, an achievement unprecedented since the fall of the Somali state in 1991. The ICU’s rapid expansion met with little resistance and the local populations generally received their forces with enthusiasm. Drawing on unique empirical material, the paper discusses why and how the ICU alliance expanded in Somalia’s southernmost province Lower Jubba. While ICU’s initial success in Mogadishu was due to a combination of several factors, discussed in existing literature, this paper contents that its wider expansion in Lower Jubba was largely caused by ICU’s ability to utilize local dynamics, structured along clan lines. While the ICU was initially welcomed by the local population in Lower Jubba, its Islamist inspired politics was soon heavily challenged throughout the province.

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索马里的好战伊斯兰主义和当地氏族动态：下朱巴省伊斯兰法院联盟的扩张

摘要在2006年的短短几个月内，伊斯兰法院联盟（ICU）击败了摩加迪沙的宗族派系领导人，并征服了索马里中南部的大部分地区，这是自1991年索马里州垮台以来前所未有的成就ICU的迅速扩张几乎没有阻力，当地民众普遍热情地接受了他们的部队。本文利用独特的经验材料，讨论了ICU联盟为何以及如何在索马里最南端的下朱巴省扩展。虽然ICU在摩加迪沙的最初成功是由于现有文献中讨论的多种因素的综合影响，但本文仍认为ICU在下朱巴的更广泛扩张很大程度上是由于ICU利用沿部族线结构的局部动力的能力所致。