Confronting Apocalyptic Terrorism: Lessons from France and Japan
Journal Abstract Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate[…]
Tagged: religion
-
Surveillance, safeguarding and beyond: the prevent duty and resilient citizenship
Journal Abstract The Prevent Duty mandates education providers to address young people both as vulnerable to radicalisation and as (potentially) resilient. This paper argues that interventions designed to address vulnerability[…]
-
Divergent Perceptions of Muslim Americans on Being Stereotyped as Terrorists
Journal Abstract Being labeled as terrorists has been one of the primary negative stereotypes used against Muslims in the USA. Muslim Americans are very diverse coming from different ethnic, historical,[…]
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[…]
-
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[…]
Blood and scripture: how the Islamic State frames religion in violent video propaganda
Journal Article The Islamic State captured the world’s attention with the declaration of a global caliphate in 2014. In the subsequent 3 years, the Islamic State showed significant success at[…]
-
Manufacturing Polarisation in Contemporary India: The Case of Identity Politics in Post-Left Bengal
Journal abstract This article explores ethnographically the manufacturing of religious polarisation and violence in West Bengal, India. Since 2014, India has experienced a rise in religion-based identity conflict. Although West[…]
Salafism in the Maghreb: Politics, Piety, and Militancy
Publisher’s description The Arab Maghreb-the long stretch of North Africa that expands from Libya to Mauritania-is a vitally important region that impacts the security and politics of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa,[…]
-
Guardians of God: Inside the Religious Mind of the Pakistani Taliban
Publisher’s description When Mona Kanwal Sheikh stepped into the volatile conflict zones of Pakistan to interview the Taliban, she encountered many challenging situations. Once, shortly after she declined to meet[…]
Racialisation, ‘religious violence’ and radicalisation: the persistence of narratives of ‘Sikh extremism’
Journal abstract Recent years have seen concerns raised in media and by policymakers about rising levels of ‘Sikh extremism’ and ‘Sikh radicalisation’ in Western Sikh diasporas. In this article I[…]
Encountering Violence: The Movement and the Legitimation of Violence at the Eve of Italy’s anni di piombo24 February, 2022- Why Now? Timing Rebel Recruitment of Female Combatants24 February, 2022
- Watching ISIS: How Young Adults Engage with Official English-Language ISIS Videos23 February, 2022
- Extreme Criminals: Reconstructing Ideas of Criminality through Extremist Narratives23 February, 2022