The article examines Islamic State's expansion into North Africa and Sahel and the subsequent rivalry between Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb − the regional Al Qaeda group. Although ...

Islam arrived in North Africa (the Maghreb) just seven years after the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 639. The 4,000 strong Arab invading forces came from Mecca under the leadership of the ...

The League of Scholars of the Maghreb expressed strong opposition ... calling the reforms inconsistent with Islamic law and the guidance of King Mohammed VI. The league said that these amendments ...