Global Sufism: Boundaries, Structures, and Politics
Publisher’s description Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts[…]
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Jihadism, narrow and wide: The dangers of loose use of an important term
Abstract The term “jihadism” is popular, but difficult. It has narrow senses, which are generally valuable, and wide senses, which may be misleading. This article looks at the derivation and[…]
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Something Varied in the State of Denmark: Neo-nationalism, Anti-Islamic Activism, and Street-level Thuggery
Journal abstract The article argues that categories such as ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘Right Wing’ are inadequate and even misleading descriptors of reactions to Islam in Europe, and should be replaced by[…]
Problems with ‘radicalisation’
An interview with Professor Mark Sedgwick from Aarhus University, on the problems associated with the term ‘radicalisation’.
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Westminster Faith Debates
Westminster Faith Debates On 7th March, 2012 the AHRC/ESRC Religion & Society Programme, which funds this website, held an event entitled ‘What have we learned about Radicalisation?’ This debate was one[…]
Radicalism isn’t the problem: it’s the move to violence we need to counter
This post was written for the Westminster Faith Debates for their debate on ‘What have we learned about radicalisation?‘ and is reproduced here with their permission. Until 2007, I was[…]
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Policies and research on radicalization in Scandinavia
Although the three Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden have much in common socially, culturally and linguistically, they have diverged politically in recent years over issues connected with immigration[…]
Al-Qaeda and the Nature of Religious Terrorism
Journal abstract This article examines the nature of religious terrorism, principally with reference to al-Qaeda. It argues that a distinction must be made between the ultimate aims and the immediate[…]
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The concept of radicalization as a source of confusion
This article discusses the concept of radicalisation.
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