Islamic Fundamentalism
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[…]
Tagged: islam
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“Among the Believers Are Men”: How the Islamic State Uses Early-Islamic Traditions to Shape Its Martyr Biographies
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[…]
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Visuality and the ‘Jihadi-bride’ The re-fashioning of desire in the digital age
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.[…]
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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Support for Terrorism: The Role of Beliefs in Jihad and Institutional Responses to Terrorism
Journal abstract Passive support for terrorism refers to expressions of sympathy for acts of terrorism and/or the justifications (ideology) used by terrorist groups to legitimise their beliefs and actions. One[…]
Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation Among Terrorist Actors
Publisher’s description Leading jihadist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State dominate through cooperation in the form of knowledge sharing, resource sharing, joint training exercises, and operational collaboration. They[…]
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The Politics of Iconoclasm: Religion, Violence and the Culture of Image-Breaking in Christianity and Islam
Publisher’s description From false idols and graven images to the tombs of kings and the shrines of capitalism, the targeted destruction of cities, sacred sites and artefacts for religious, political[…]
Islamic Political Thought: An Introduction
Publisher’s description In sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting[…]
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Politicizing Islam: The Islamic Revival in France and India
Publisher’s description Politicizing Islam is a comparative ethnographic study of Islamic revival movements in France and India, home to the largest Muslim minority populations in Europe and Asia respectively. Both[…]
Structure and Performance in a Violent Extremist Network
Journal abstract This study combines network science and ethnography to explore how al-Muhajiroun, a banned Islamist network, continued its high-risk activism despite being targeted for disruption by British authorities. We[…]
Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats12 December, 2018
What a difference two years make: patterns of radicalization in a Philippine jail10 December, 2018
The Derna Mujahideen Shura Council: A Revolutionary Islamist Coalition in Libya7 December, 2018
Gender and the Radical and Extreme Right: Mechanisms of Transmission and the Role of Educational Interventions5 December, 2018