| LC control no. | no2012125494 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Shabaab (Organization) |
| Variant(s) | Al-Shabaab (Organization) Al-Shabaab (Somalia) Ash-Shabaab (Somalia) Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen Hizbul Shabaab (Somalia) HSM (Somalia) Movement of Striving Youth (Somalia) Mujahidin al-Shabaab Movement (Somalia) Mujahidin Youth Movement (Somalia) MYM (Somalia) Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations (Somalia) Shabaab (Somalia) Shabab (Organization) Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Alshabaab (Somalia) |
| Associated country | Somalia |
| Found in | Fallin, Donald G. Somalia, 2012: t.p. (Shabaab) Guardian website, Sept. 18, 2012: (al-Shabaab) Cuevas, E.E. Somalia, 2010: t.p. (MYM) p. iii (Somali-based Mujahidin Youth Movement also known as the Somali-based al-Shabaab is a militant organization born out of both successive regional turmoil and international salafi-jihadi ideology, which continues to actively undermine the United Nation (UN)-supported African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, the fledging Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), and all UN efforts to support Somalis in creating a stable state) Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 26, 2013 (Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM) (Arabic: حركة الشباب المجاهدين; Ḥarakat ash-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn, Somali: Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Alshabaab, "Mujahideen Youth Movement" or "Movement of Striving Youth"), more commonly known as al-Shabaab (Arabic: الشباب, "The Youth" or "The Boys"), is the Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda, formally recognized in 2012 Name: Al-Shabaab is also known as Ash-Shabaab, Hizbul Shabaab (Arabic: "Party of the Youth"), and the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations (PRM).For short, the organization is referred to as HSM, which stands for "Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen". The term Shabaab means "youth" in Arabic, and the outfit should not be confused with similarly named groups.) |
| Invalid LCCN | no2010169083 |
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