Journal abstract This article studies media material which individuals who planned or carried out acts of terrorism in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2017 collected before their involvement in[…]
Journal abstract The role of religious seminaries (madrassas) and mainstream schools in developing religious extremism and sympathy toward Taliban (the most dangerous militant group in Pakistan) has received little, if[…]
Journal abstract What position does organized Muslim chaplaincy in Dutch prisons take with respect to the prevention of radicalization and to the de-radicalization of detainees with a Muslim background? After[…]
Journal abstract Images are known to have important effects on human perception and persuasion. Jihadist groups are also known to make strategic use of emotive imagery and symbolism for persuasive[…]
Journal abstract Through a case study of a mosque in Los Angeles, I examine how changing constructions of space affect the ways a religious community comes together to engage faith.[…]
Publisher’s description Farhana Qazi draws on her background as a pioneering counterterrorism professional and a devout Muslim to offer an insider’s view of what drives girls and women to join[…]
Publisher’s description In recent years, terrorism has become closely associated with martyrdom in the minds of many terrorists and in the view of nations around the world. In Islam, martyrdom[…]
Publisher’s description In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the events of 9/11, 7/7, the War on Terror and the Caliphate and atrocities of the so-called Islamic State[…]
Publisher’s description The phenomenon of political Islam continues to dominate the political and social map of the Arab world, with the increasingly open struggle between ruling elites and Islamists becoming[…]
Publisher’s description This article examines how the Islamic State has framed its extraordinary losses of manpower by analyzing the role of early-Islamic traditions in the martyr biographies included in its[…]
Countering Insurgencies and Violent Extremism in South and South East Asia16 August, 2019
Extremism, Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy14 August, 2019
The Three Pillars of Radicalization: Needs, Narratives, and Networks12 August, 2019
Countering Online Propaganda and Extremism9 August, 2019