Defunct Islamic terrorist group in the Netherlands
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The Hofstad Network (Dutch: Hofstadnetwerk or Hofstadgroep) was an Islamic terror group composed mostly of Dutch citizens.[1] The terror group was composed mainly of young men between the ages of 18 and 32. The name "Hofstad" was originally the codename the Dutch secret service AIVD used for the network and leaked to the media. The name likely refers to the nickname of the city of The Hague, where some of the suspected terrorists lived. The network was active throughout the 2000s.
The group was made up of Muslim immigrants living in the Netherlands, and second and third generation immigrants to the Netherlands, and Dutch converts.[2] The majority of these immigrants came from Morocco.
The network was said[by whom?] to have links to networks in Spain and Belgium. Among their contacts was Abdeladim Akoudad, also known as Naoufel, one of the suspects of the 2003 Casablanca bombings. The group was influenced by the ideology of Takfir wal-Hijra, a militant offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Redouan al-Issar, also known as "The Syrian", was the suspected spiritual leader of the group. Most media attention was attracted by Mohammed Bouyeri, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering film director Theo van Gogh in 2004 and by Samir Azzouz, suspected of planning terrorist attacks on the Dutch parliament and several strategic targets such as the national airport and a nuclear reactor. The group was also suspected of planning to kill several members of government and parliament.
^Schuurman, Bart; Eijkman, Quirine; Bakker, Edwin (8 June 2014). "A History of the Hofstadgroup". Perspectives on Terrorism. 8 (4): 65–81. ISSN 2334-3745. JSTOR 26297197.
^Vidino, Lorenzo (4 June 2007). "The Hofstad Group: The New Face of Terrorist Networks in Europe". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 30 (7): 579–592. doi:10.1080/10576100701385933. ISSN 1057-610X. S2CID 144617637.
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