The Ascendance of Official Islams
Journal abstract This article examines how and why four Arab states, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, and Egypt, have increased official Islam (OI) to counter the new challenges in the regional environment[…]
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Terrorist Rehabilitation and Counter-Radicalisation: New Approaches to Counter-terrorism
Publisher’s description: This book seeks to explore the new frontiers in counter-terrorism research, analyses and practice, focusing on the imperative to rehabilitate terrorists. The post-9/11 world is in a very[…]
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The Rise of Official Islam in Jordan
Journal abstract This paper examines the development of ‘Official Islam’, or state-sponsored religious institutions, in Jordan. We argue that Jordan’s development went through three phases. From its independence in 1947[…]
Ideological Reorientation and Counterterrorism: Confronting Militant Islam in Egypt
Journal abstract During the 1990s, Egypt fought a bitter campaign against militant Islamist groups in which over a thousand people died. Since the end of the insurgency in 1997, Egypt’s[…]
Blood and scripture: how the Islamic State frames religion in violent video propaganda30 September, 2020
Radicalization or Reaction: Understanding Engagement in Violent Extremism in Northern Ireland28 September, 2020
Child’s Play: Cooperative Gaming As a Tool of Deradicalisation25 September, 2020
Preventing radicalisation in Norwegian schools: how teachers respond to counter-radicalisation efforts23 September, 2020