Making Sense of Cyber-Caliphate: A Transnational Movement in an era of hyper-globalization

Making Sense of Cyber-Caliphate: A Transnational Movement in an era of hyper-globalization

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In the age of hyper-globalization, the processes of globalization may assist transnational Islamic fundamentalist networks in creating a parallel caliphate as a de facto state and the cyber world (a cyber caliphate).The idea of caliphate is appealing as a political system to many within Muslim societies.The study shows how these fundamentalists are urban opportunists, who become Vacuums participants of globalization to create a new transnational social geography or imagined worlds by using technological innovations.

These technological innovations are major tool for recruitment of transnational members to create this imagined world referred as cyber-caliphate.However, the discussion shows that the nation-states take these transnational acts as threats to their national integrity and do not accord them legitimacy.In a multi-centric world, states rely on multilateral cooperation to create pluralistic spheres of authority to mitigate this transnational security Humidifiers challenge to the post-Westphalian state system.