索馬里青年黨的意識形態十分復雜。其中,氏族主義是其核心,泛索馬里主義是其宣傳動員的工具。"圣戰"薩拉菲主義則打著宗教正統性的旗號。這三大意識形態的融合塑造出青年黨的雙重身份,即宗教氏族武裝與宗教反政府武裝。2008年以來,隨著內外壓力的增加,青年黨與國際恐怖主義組織合流。該組織無論從行動方式上,還是在資金募集、對外宣傳方面,都日益凸顯出恐怖主義的特性。本文認為,青年黨的恐怖主義組織身份,與宗教、族群都有一定的關聯性,但這并非簡單的直接因果關系,而是一種在觀念互借中蘊含思想沖突的復雜模式。

The Al-Shabaab ideology is complicated. Clanism is its core ideology; Pan-Somalia is its tool for propaganda and mobilization; and Jihad-Salafism is the banner of its religious legitimacy. The fusion of the abovementioned three ideological components has shaped the AlShabaab’s dual identity,namely,religious clannish army and religious rebels. Since 2008,with increasing domestic and international pressure, Al-Shabaab has coalesced with international terrorist organizations and has been presenting more and more terrorist characteristics in its pattern of actions,its fund raising,and its international propaganda. This article argues that Al-Shabaab ’s terrorsim identity has certain connection with religion and clan. However,this connection is not a direct cause-effect relationship,but rather a complex mode of ideological exchange pervaded with conflicts.