Journal abstract Despite the traditional restrictive views of Islamic jurisprudence on women’s social activities, the level of women’s incorporation into jihadi organizations is growing rapidly in both numbers and roles.[…]
Journal abstract Why do young Muslim women radicalize and undertake high-risk political behaviors, and what factors influence their sociopolitical transformation? The process of radicalization happens because of individual, social, and[…]
Journal abstract This article investigates the social media content of women who are affiliated with the Islamic State. Throughout one year, ninety-three Twitter accounts were tracked to explore the patterns[…]
Journal abstract Political motherhood, which uses traditional motherhood to mobilize and sustain women’s political participation, is understudied in political science. Women played a significant role in Egypt’s Arab Spring and[…]
Journal abstract This paper examines the controversial figure of the ‘Jihadi Bride’ through her visual depictions in media discourses where she is associated with danger, conflict and the evil Other.[…]
Journal abstract Using a dataset of more than 80 accounts during 2015, this article explores the gendered ways in which self-proclaiming Twitter Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) supporters[…]
Journal abstract This article revisits the view that women are absent or insignificant across the extreme right spectrum. It draws on ethnographic research with grassroots activists in the English Defence[…]
Publisher’s description This book explores everyday realities of young Muslim women in Britain, who are portrayed as antithetical to the British way of life in media and political discourse. The[…]
Publisher’s description The spread of Salafism—often referred to as Wahhabism—in the West has intrigued and alarmed observers since the attacks of 9/11. Many see it as a fundamentalist interpretation of[…]
Journal abstract The kidnapping of 276 girls at Government Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, on 14 April 2014 has brought into international prominence the organization Jama’atu Ahlis Suna Lidda’awati[…]
Historical Perspectives on Organized Crime and Terrorism20 July, 2018
De-Radicalisation in the UK Prevent Strategy: Security, Identity and Religion19 July, 2018
From Total Islam To The Islamic State: Radicalization Leading To Violence Dynamics As A Subject Of Reciprocal Affordance Opportunities18 July, 2018
From the Islamic State of Algeria to the Economic Caliphate of the Sahel: The Transformation of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb17 July, 2018