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    Bringing Religiosity Back In: Critical Reflection on the Explanation of Western Homegrown Religious Terrorism (Part I)

    Journal abstract An unusual feature of the social scientific study of religious terrorism is the erasure of religiosity as a significant motivational factor. This article systematically delineates and criticizes the[…]

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    • in Causes of radicalisation · Research · Think-tank · World

    A Comparative Analysis of the Data on Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Who Went and Why?

    Journal abstract This report offers a concise, comprehensive, and critical overview of the empirical findings available on the background and possible motivations of the young Western men and women who[…]

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    Discounting Religion in the Explanation of Homegrown Terrorism

    Chapter summary Politicians, public officials, and scholars have been scrupulous, for the most part, in denying any direct causal relationship between Islam and terrorism, and more generally between being religious[…]

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    Talking to Foreign Fighters: Insights into the Motivations for Hijrah to Syria and Iraq

    Journal abstract Little of the discussion of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq is informed by primary data derived from talking with the foreign fighters. This article reports some initial[…]

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    The Neglected Role of Charismatic Authority in the Study of Terrorist Groups and Radicalization

    Journal abstract Recent scholarship has called for additional research into the role of charismatic authority in terrorist groups and the process of radicalization. However, the sociological concepts of charisma and[…]

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    Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements

    Publisher’s description This book provides a sociological interpretation of the phenomenon of new religious movements. While the author does not offer an apologia for cults–in either a religious or a[…]

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